Based on a report prepared under contract n. C86-193 for the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Arts. See Who Reads Literature: Survey Data on the Reading of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama by U.S. Adults During the 1980s.

CONTENTS
Foreword by Jonathan Yardley.
Introduction.

Chapter 1. Readers of fiction, poetry and drama: how many and who are they?
Chapter 2. What the readers are reading.
Chapter 3. Factors that affect literary participation.
Chapter 4. Expanding the audience: what can be done?

Technical appendix.
Notes [bibliography].
Index.

Based on a report prepared under contract n. C86-193 for the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Arts. See Who Reads Literature: Survey Data on the Reading of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama by U.S. Adults During the 1980s.