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Reading well makes children more interesting both to themselves and others, a process in which they will develop a sense of being separate and distinct selves.

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Harold Bloom
Age: 89 †
Born: 1930
Born: July 11
Died: 2019
Died: October 14
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
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New York City
New York
Harold Irving Bloom
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