Why We Read - On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Coming soon! Why We Read by Shannon Reed will be available Feb 03, 2026.

About the author

Shannon Reed is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh and a contributor to The New Yorker's "Shouts & Murmurs" pieces. Her work has also appeared in Real Simple, The Paris Review, Slate, LitHub, Longreads, The Guardian, AFAR, The Washington Post, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and most notably, McSweeney's. She holds an MA in Educational Theatre and Teaching Secondary English, and an MFA in Creative Writing.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon Reed, Reed Shannon
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.02.2026
• EAN: 9781335453518
• ISBN: 978-1-335-45351-8
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 257 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Education, Memoirs, HUMOR / Form / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, EDUCATION / Essays, Literature: history & criticism, Humour collections & anthologies, Humour collections and anthologies, Literature: history and criticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy