What is Literature for?

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Why should we spend our time reading novels or poems when big things are going on in the world?

Whats up with so few people reading in general these days?

How is literature the greatest time saver?

In what ways does literature make you nicer?

How is it a cure for loneliness?

Why might it help to treat books of lasting artistic merit as a type of therapy?

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