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‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen

Sold a Story by APM Reports

Apr 28, 202601:00:42Society & Culture

The New Yorker staff writer David Owen opened a recent piece with a personal story: To hide that she couldn’t read, his niece turned pages when her classmates did. Owen joined Sold a Story host Emily Hanford for a live c...

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