For the record, the attempts to position this book as "a GRAPES OF WRATH for our time" were a very silly mistake; it's not that. But it's a page-turner, and the writing is great, and that's certainly enough for me (and maybe for you, too)
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Kat, I have to tell you, you have such a consistently thoughtful perspective on books and publishing and all the internet battles around these topics. TBH, I haven't read American Dirt, and as such have no dog in this fight. But the controversy means I probably WILL read it now?
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thank you so much! if you read it I would be interested to know your thoughts
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I really feel for those writers who claim they have been ignored but reality is that in this system what sells is what matters. It’s not fair, but it is what it is. My beef here is that I feel this policing of fictional material is definitely tinged with authoritarian impulses.
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I worry about every author who is now afraid to write what she wants because it’s not what some folks want to hear. This is a very scary slippery slope ....
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The disconnect that will keep fueling the anger:pic.twitter.com/RgZNso1F9t
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Great article. It brings to mind a definition of "literary fiction" I once read: A book that wins awards but doesn't sell copies." I've done courses where alumni whose work actually HAS sold well are somewhat sneered about as lowbrow hacks...
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that was actually Mark Twain's definition of a "classic"- a book everyone praises but nobody reads
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I'm less concerned with whether the criticism is valid than I am how easily readers (and a number of writers) fell into lockstep with it, many of whom I'm sure have yet to read the thing.
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This was awesome. Kudos.
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