Personally, I’ve never read a James Patterson or Danielle Steel book in my life.
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Personally, I’ve never read a James Patterson or Danielle Steel book in my life.
But I’ve met plenty of people who claim up and down that Jack Kerouac and David Foster Wallace is top tier literature.
How have so many people – who oddly seem to dress the same, have the same manners, operate with similar world views – seem to all be convinced those two authors are peak?
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Personally, I’ve never read a James Patterson or Danielle Steel book in my life.
But I’ve met plenty of people who claim up and down that Jack Kerouac and David Foster Wallace is top tier literature.
How have so many people – who oddly seem to dress the same, have the same manners, operate with similar world views – seem to all be convinced those two authors are peak?
what is the function of literature?
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what is the function of literature?
libramoon A bigger question: does literature need to have a function?
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libramoon A bigger question: does literature need to have a function?
needed or not, what is it?
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needed or not, what is it?
libramoon Literature is anything written.
I include phone books and bathroom scrawlings.
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libramoon Literature is anything written.
I include phone books and bathroom scrawlings.
so, the function of literature is to be written?
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so, the function of literature is to be written?
libramoon To be something signals intent, and I’m not convinced all literature has intent.
