Is 'Online Reading' Still Reading?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 11, 2025

If you put down your phone, will you grasp for a book? Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, where he writes a weekly column called Fault Lines, discusses his latest story, "If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?"

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