About killing books

The news that Russia has started targeting attacks on Ukraine’s printing presses and publishing companies – just as the school year is about to begin – should surprise nobody. Meanwhile, we have a US President who finds it easier to communicate his aspirations in AI gibberish than anything we might identify as language. And amidst all this, the news comes in that a woman who devoted her later years to encouraging children to read has been laid to rest. It’s a post-literate world, from the top down.