![]() (Everything I’ve said about reading on planes refers to flying without children.) But when immersive reading happens, it’s quite memorable. And our life situations have everything to do with whether it does. Of course, immersive reading can happen at other times and in other places. That deeply immersive reading experience gives me some of the same satisfactions of a long run, that same mile-eating, page-turning lope. That’s all changing, alas, but for now I relish the sustained reading time I sometimes get on a long plane ride. ![]() And by “distractions” I mean phone and email. If I lived somewhere else, somewhere where I wasn’t in the car all the time, I might find that reading hasn’t quite shriveled away entirely.ĭistractions are fewer in the quasi-public space of the plane. I should say, though, that since moving to Arkansas I hardly ever spend any time in public space anymore. ![]() In fact, planes are some of the only places I ever see anyone reading anymore. Say what you will about air travel these days, but it has for me one great virtue: it’s great for reading. ![]()
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