nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqa55394d5szvmt676gh0ufgk4dg44hlvmkkwt4ve7c2e3s6f2f9wsuh8h55 (nprofile…8h55) the age of publishing literary fiction (in the US) is dead too. I know the irony of what I type here, but a few days ago I watched a YT video about the trends of immediacy and prescriptive text, and the disappearance of inference and challenge for the reader.
(I'll look for the link and paste it in a follow-up post)
Last year I engaged in buddy reads with a long-distance friend (who teaches literature), most recent novel published in 1982. He and I lean toward pre-2000 fiction.
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