NYT Margaret Renkl on being read to

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To be read to is a form of holiness. A hush falls over the chattering, rustling crowd. Everyone grows still, giving themselves over to the spell that carefully chosen words can cast. It’s a little like being a child, settling on the classroom rug and waiting for your teacher to read the next chapter of an absorbing story.

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