Here is a wonderful article from the Atlantic on reading and writing. It is an interview with Francine Prose, who wrote the book Reading like a Writer , which will be out on Amazon August 22nd. It is worth checking out the interview as a comment on our times. If the link doesn't work, you can go to the Atlantic Monthly web-site, and then, click on the article by Francine. It is on the right. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607u/francine-prose