I love it that Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize and all but I think we should all remember that the Nobel Prize sucks.
@StephenMarche Best way to think of Nobel Prize is as an imperfect attempt to create modern global canon. Flawed, but decent start.
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@HeerJeet The Nobel canon is created for reason that have nothing to do with the unpredictable shiver of literary joy. Politics and snobbery -
@StephenMarche Politics & snobbery are hardly unique to Nobels. Aesthetic of prize has actually changed over time.
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@HeerJeet But to be fair, I've never met a literary institution I had any respect for. -
@StephenMarche That's my point. Flaws of award are those of endemic to literary institutions, but better some structure than nothing. - Show replies
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