We're Looking for a Few Good Books
OK, I'm always asking people where the good contemporary fiction is. (Besides Jhumpa Lahiri.) There must be some, right? The problem is, the systems for publicizing it have broken down. Jessa Crispin, the founder of the literature-oriented website Bookslut, scolds the publishers for not using the Web effectively, and I think she's got a point.
Of course, there's another problem: Much of the literary establishment seems fairly uninterested in engaging the reader with a good story. But there must a few out there doing it right, surely? Writers producing well-written yarns that engage your intellect but keep you turning the page and give you a certain emotional payoff at the end and leave you wanting more and waiting for the next book? So I'm with Bookslut on this one. I ought to know what's good out there. But I don't.
Of course, there's another problem: Much of the literary establishment seems fairly uninterested in engaging the reader with a good story. But there must a few out there doing it right, surely? Writers producing well-written yarns that engage your intellect but keep you turning the page and give you a certain emotional payoff at the end and leave you wanting more and waiting for the next book? So I'm with Bookslut on this one. I ought to know what's good out there. But I don't.
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