‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen

The New Yorker staff writer David Owen opened a recent piece with a personal story: To hide that she couldn’t read, his niece turned pages when her classmates did. Owen joined Sold a Story host Emily Hanford for a live conversation about his December 2025 article “Dyslexia and the Reading Wars (newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/dyslexia-and…).” The event was part of the Eyes on Reading series at Planet Word, a museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to words and language.

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