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Public Domain Day 2025
Why Do People Read for Pleasure
Lauren Wilwerding (English) wondered: Why do people read? So she made it into the subject of a Literature Core course pursuing, as she put it, “an explicit exploration of literature as a source of joy, connection, and discovery.”
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