Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

• A new study shows what teachers have been saying anecdotally for a while now: Kids’ reading and math skills lost ground in the pandemic, and they’re just not regaining any ground.
• Kate McKean details the downsides of being a fulltime author.
• Maria Kriezman argues against the bulletpointization of books.
• Do you want to be a writer? Or rather, do you want to publicly sell your soul 24 hours a day seven days a week? (because that’s what is required, basically)