What Is Tsundoku?
To read slowly is to respect the time it took for a story to arrive in your hands.
Tsundoku (積ん読) is a Japanese term that translates loosely to “letting books pile up”—not out of neglect, but reverence. It’s the quiet accumulation of stories, wisdom, and ideas waiting patiently for their moment to be seen, opened, and understood.
Literacy isn’t just the ability to read—it’s the ability to make meaning.
True literacy invites us to:
- Ask deeper questions
- Understand what’s beneath the surface
- Name the forces that shape our lives
- Expand our imagination and empathy
In an age of distraction, literacy becomes resistance. It becomes architecture for clarity.
