The default mode of the novel is bourgeois realism -- but it doesn't have to be. I think the most interesting writers are the ones who push against this default mode.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @anne_boyer
As someone who writes novels, I think about this all the time. I do believe that the historical forces that gave rise to long fiction were both progressive and regressive. We get to choose — to the extent that choice here is possible — which tradition to follow.
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Replying to @howardrodman @anne_boyer
Yes, I think that's right.
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