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What Gen Z Is Finding at the Library

Young people really do read print books.
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In the smartphone era, libraries might seem less central. But it turns out that young people actually use them.

First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:


A Third Place

Spending time at my local library branch in elementary school, I felt like a little grown-up. I’d march up to the desk and tell the librarian all.) I value public libraries for the resources they offer but also because of how these spaces have always felt to me: like a community of people who care about learning new things, and who simply want to spend time in public.

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