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'Portable magic' offers escape during pandemic


One by-product of the coronavirus pandemic has been a resurgence of magic.
Not the magic of J.R.R. Tolkein’s elves, nor the whimsical transfiguration that lifted James into a life adventure, bound on his travels in a giant stone fruit. Not even the magic of Salman Rushdie and his alchemical combination of religion and history; nor the wizardry by which the world shifts in an Octavia Butler novel.
No, the kind of sorcery that has been rekindled is bigger than those. It’s what Stephen King called “a uniquely portable kind of magic” — books themselves.
By one count by Global English Editing, reading has increased by 35% worldwide during the pandemic, though that number dips to 25% in the United States. Unless you work in health care and other essential industries (or journalism) you might have found yourself with some extra time over the past year, and there’s only so much streaming television you can watch. ....

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