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Say the words, “slow reading”, and you will have a reader’s attention. In a time of information overload we all feel pressure to read more quickly. A few years ago I performed a search on slow reading. I found studies on dyslexia and eye disorders, complaints by students about course requirements, and advertising for speed reading courses. I decided to undertake a broad literature review on research and concepts about the benefits of slow reading. The results were published in a little book, Slow Reading. Perhaps I should not have been surprised at the warm response. Many of us share a quiet conviction that to read slowly is preferable at times. It is a pleasure when reading for recreation, and an aid to comprehension when studying a complex text.
This page is an index of publications, presentations, and press related to slow reading.
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Newsweek article, online version
Christian Science Monitor article, online version
Guardian article
Washington Post article
STEM News
Interview with Dave Bonta for the Woodrat Podcast on Via Negativa
Review by Caralyn Champa
Review by Jeremy Dibble
Review by Alan Mattlage
Review by Leigh Anne Vrabel
Several reader reviews at GoodReads and LibraryThing.
[...] is a proponent of “slow reading.” His book, appropriately titled Slow Reading, is highly recommended (however misguided it is … see below). Against the pace of the modern [...]
[...] and ideas.” (http://michaelridley.ca/2012/01/escaping-the-boundaries/). Miedema, author of Slow Reading takes the opposing stance, arguing that bounds of literacy are what ground us in an increasing [...]