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“[Maryanne Wolf] displays extraordinary passion and
perceptiveness concerning the reading brain, its miraculous
achievements and tragic dysfunctions.” (BookForum)
“Everything Wolf says makes sense....She clearly knows her
stuff.” (Washington Post Book World)
“Brilliant and eye-opening.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
“...intriguing...” (New Scientist)
“Brilliant and eye-opening.” (Albany Times Union)
“Fascinating....Wolf restores our awe of the human brain.” (Lisa
Ko, author of The Leavers)
“[Wolf’s] conversational style, reflective comments and insights
from work with children...create a narrative flow and bright
tone.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“The squid of Wolf’s title represents the neurobiological
approach to the study of reading....Given the panic that takes
hold of humanists when the decline of reading is discussed, her
cold-blooded perspective is opportune.” (The New Yorker)
“A book worth talking about.” (U.S. News & World Report)
“Enjoyable....Wolf, with remarkable agility in a relatively
compact book (intended for both aficionados and the uninitiated),
transitions seamlessly between disciplines as diverse as
linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and archeology,
among others. Her voice comes through clearly; she is fascinated
by reading and shares that energy.” (New England Journal of
Medicine)
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About the Author
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Maryanne Wolf, the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and
Public Service at Tufts University, was the director of the Tufts
Center for Reading and Language Research. She currently directs
the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at
UCLA, and is working with the Dyslexia Center at the UCSF School
of Medicine and with Curious Learning: A Global Literacy Project,
which she co-founded. She is the recipient of multiple research
and teaching honors, including the highest awards by the
International Dyslexia Association and the Australian Learning
Disabilities Association. She is the author of Proust and the
Squid (HarperCollins), Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century
(Oxford University Press), and more than 160 scientific
publications.
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