Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits.

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Discussed in this Episode:

Laura's Substack textCrunch

Philippa Chong, Inside the Critics Circle

Christine Larson, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing

Janice Radway, A Feeling for Books

Janice Radway, Reading the Romance

Chong and Kim, "Writing By Women or For Women? Either Way, You're Less Likely to be Reviewed."

Inman Berens and Noorda, Immersive Media 2020

Inman Berens and Noorda, "Gen Z and Millennials: How they Use Public Libraries and Identify through Media Use."

Porter, Eimannsberger, English, et. al. "Genre Juggernaut: Measuring 'Romance'"

Lucy, Li, et al. "Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools"

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