Books and reading

Linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about the phrase "curling up with a good book," and what it says about the way we read.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan comments on the phenomenon of citywide reading groups, where an entire city reads the same book.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on his five-year-old daughter's developing literary tastes.

Language commentator Geoff Nunberg believes the book, on its surface, is the ideal medium for presenting text. But it has its limitations: books take up space, wear out, and impose linearity on the information they contain. While technological advancements may render some books obsolete, Nunberg says that nothing can match the pleasure of reading ink on paper.

Guest commentator David Marc will tackle the argument that television is to blame for the decline in reading.