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The "Clash" Between Books and Electronic Media.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Bonfire of the Humanities: Television, Subliteracy, and Long-Term Memory Loss, by television critic David Marc. Marc's latest book looks at the diminishing role books are playing in our lives in the new electronic information age. Bonfire of the Humanities is published by Syracuse University Press July 1995.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 5, 1995: Interview with Eric Lomax; Interview with Ben Sandmel and Luderin Darbone; Review of David Marc's book "Bonfire of the Humanities: Television,…

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