It's easy to forget, these days, how much people used to love Lebron James. I'm too lazy to look up the study, but the spread between those who looked on him favourably and those who disliked him was enormous for such a prominent athlete. Of course, that's all gone now, thanks to the way he publicly screwed around with Cleveland last year.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Essay: "The Future of the Novel - Part 2"
A reminder: I'm only discussing the survival of the novel as an art form, not as a business. My concern is not that Steve King or Random House will be poor. My concern is whether, in thirty years, people will read novels at all.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Essay: "The Future of the Novel - Part 1"
I resisted the temptation to call this essay the "death" of the novel. I hate it when people prematurely proclaim the death of things. It's so melodramatic. Relax everybody - the novel is never going to "die." But something his happening to the novel, something important enough that I think it's worth sitting back and thinking about what it is.
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