For the first time in more than 25 years, Amerian adults are reading more literature, according to a study by the National Endowment for the Arts. The overall rate at which adults read literature (novels and short stories, plays, or poems) rose by 7 percent. Reading rates have increased among African Americans by 15 percent and among Whites by 8 percent.
Source: National Endowments for the Arts study January 12 2009
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