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David Denby, "Lit Up"
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March 8, 2016
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49:49Now PlayingDenby's latest book recounts his determination to help today’s teenagers get the same satisfaction and pleasure from serious reading. An essayist and film critic for The New Yorker, Denby spent a year in three different schools, public and private, in New Haven, New York City, and Westchester County; he reports on the teachers, the students, and the tenth-grade English curriculum, showing how books, combined with skilled and impassioned instructors, can inspire kids to dive into works like 1984 and Brave New World.
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