David Owen
Staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the December article 'Dyslexia and the Reading Wars'; contributes personal reporting and long-form essays on cultural and scientific topics.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 1h 1min
‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
David Owen, New Yorker staff writer known for long-form cultural and science pieces. He shares stories about classroom reading struggles, his niece’s hidden dyslexia, surprising decades-old research on how kids learn to read, and the messy real-world politics of fixing reading instruction. Short, human anecdotes and reporting illuminate why evidence often fails to reach schools.
