Hannah Rosen

You'll hear more from our Atlantic colleagues and from listeners who sent in their contributions. All of them recall the books they read in high school that stuck with them the longest and how those books changed for them over the years as they got older and understood them differently. Mostly, this is an episode about happy memories. Enjoy and happy holidays.

You'll hear more from our Atlantic colleagues and from listeners who sent in their contributions. All of them recall the books they read in high school that stuck with them the longest and how those books changed for them over the years as they got older and understood them differently. Mostly, this is an episode about happy memories. Enjoy and happy holidays.

You'll hear more from our Atlantic colleagues and from listeners who sent in their contributions. All of them recall the books they read in high school that stuck with them the longest and how those books changed for them over the years as they got older and understood them differently. Mostly, this is an episode about happy memories. Enjoy and happy holidays.

Thank you to my colleagues who shared their books from high school and to the listeners who sent theirs in. Those listeners were Jessica Salamanca, David Goetz, Sophia Kanauti, Katherine Abraham, and Robert Seidler. This episode was produced by Kevin Townsend and edited by Claudina Bade, Rob Smirciak engineered, and Will Gordon fact-checked.

Thank you to my colleagues who shared their books from high school and to the listeners who sent theirs in. Those listeners were Jessica Salamanca, David Goetz, Sophia Kanauti, Katherine Abraham, and Robert Seidler. This episode was produced by Kevin Townsend and edited by Claudina Bade, Rob Smirciak engineered, and Will Gordon fact-checked.

Thank you to my colleagues who shared their books from high school and to the listeners who sent theirs in. Those listeners were Jessica Salamanca, David Goetz, Sophia Kanauti, Katherine Abraham, and Robert Seidler. This episode was produced by Kevin Townsend and edited by Claudina Bade, Rob Smirciak engineered, and Will Gordon fact-checked.

Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. I'm Hannah Rosen. Thank you for listening. We hope you've had a lovely holiday, and we'll see you in the new year.

Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. I'm Hannah Rosen. Thank you for listening. We hope you've had a lovely holiday, and we'll see you in the new year.

Claudina Bade is the executive producer of Atlantic Audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. I'm Hannah Rosen. Thank you for listening. We hope you've had a lovely holiday, and we'll see you in the new year.

I can't imagine having lived through adolescence without that as part of my life. I can't imagine life without having had these different worlds in which I could lose myself and feel like I was learning all about how human beings work, how society works, and what's possible to do with words, which in the end proved really important to me.

I can't imagine having lived through adolescence without that as part of my life. I can't imagine life without having had these different worlds in which I could lose myself and feel like I was learning all about how human beings work, how society works, and what's possible to do with words, which in the end proved really important to me.

I can't imagine having lived through adolescence without that as part of my life. I can't imagine life without having had these different worlds in which I could lose myself and feel like I was learning all about how human beings work, how society works, and what's possible to do with words, which in the end proved really important to me.

It may not be surprising that Atlantic writers and editors grew up with a deep connection to books. But American students today might not get to have that experience.

It may not be surprising that Atlantic writers and editors grew up with a deep connection to books. But American students today might not get to have that experience.

It may not be surprising that Atlantic writers and editors grew up with a deep connection to books. But American students today might not get to have that experience.

Rose wrote about this for the magazine, and what she found comes down to one basic point.

Rose wrote about this for the magazine, and what she found comes down to one basic point.

Rose wrote about this for the magazine, and what she found comes down to one basic point.

I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. And this week, the strange disappearance of the book-reading American student, what's causing it, and what we lose throughout our lives when we don't read books as teenagers. So is the idea like a book itself seems overwhelming?

I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. And this week, the strange disappearance of the book-reading American student, what's causing it, and what we lose throughout our lives when we don't read books as teenagers. So is the idea like a book itself seems overwhelming?