Por Bilal Qureshi / The Washington Post
"During my weekly visits to Kramerbooks in Washington, D.C., I can't avoid the anxiety-inducing new-arrivals section. It is filled with books laden with urgency about climate catastrophe and the collapse of liberal democracy. Now with a looming pandemic, newsworthy crises are the realm of responsible readers. But instead of partaking there, I find myself drawn to different shelves, filled with another flourishing, but quieter, genre of new releases.
I'm referring to a growing library of self-help guides for the self-care generation. Clothed in minimalist cover jackets, bathed in soft hues, these books promise calm and reprieve: "Silence: In the Age of Noise," "The Longing for Less" and "How to do Nothing." Titles that once might have disappeared in lifestyle bins are now prominently displayed among the week's bestsellers. The literature of silence is having its moment, and for this reader, it feels especially resonant."
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