My son (16) comes downstairs looking for the copy we just finished reading In short by Paulien Cornelisse. I am happy, but also surprised, because he never reads. I cautiously ask where this interest suddenly comes from.
“Well, I think I can just about handle these short pieces with my short attention span. And if I don’t like one, I just scroll to the next one.”
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