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One skill that doesn't deteriorate with age

  • Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Memphis
Reading and writing can prevent cognitive decline.AJP/Shutterstock.com

When Toni Morrison died on Aug. 5, the world lost one of its most influential literary voices.

But Morrison wasn’t a literary wunderkind. “The Bluest Eye,” Morrison’s first novel, wasn’t published until she was 39. And her last, “God Help the...

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