Emily Gould had a depressing but fascinating piece about the state of fiction and novelists today. It's realistic, it's absurd and it's bad for the culture. I think she and I agree there;s a lot of great stuff being written these days that is not finding an audience and that a broken industry is not able to provide livelihoods for writers, especially as the side gigs in journalism and academia have come under such pressure.
A Look Back at Franzen v. Oprah
A Look Back at Franzen v. Oprah
A Look Back at Franzen v. Oprah
Emily Gould had a depressing but fascinating piece about the state of fiction and novelists today. It's realistic, it's absurd and it's bad for the culture. I think she and I agree there;s a lot of great stuff being written these days that is not finding an audience and that a broken industry is not able to provide livelihoods for writers, especially as the side gigs in journalism and academia have come under such pressure.