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Wed Jun-26-02 12:51 PM

  

          

The truth of the matter is, though I devour books at an alarming rate, I rarely ever pick up any contemporary fiction to read. When I do, I'm usually disappointed. Sometimes, I'm even moved to anger, as was the case in the months when I really felt like kicking Dave Eggers in the teeth, he's so clever.

Most of my heroes are dead, Janey. And long so. In literature, music, and life. And this is no coincidence.

Sure, this kid Foer's got chops. His next book will probably be pretty good. It will be marketed well and people will buy it. He'll be interviewed in newspapers and possibly appear on Charlie Rose. But none of it will matter.

Where's this generation's William Faulkner? The next Saul Bellow? The new Hemingway? When will we see a contemporary writer emerge with true literary courage, instead of a bag of tricks learned during three insulated years in an M.F.A. program?


I'm only 27 years old and already this jaded, Janey. I don't know why this is, but maybe it's because I work in publishing, and because I write. Every day I read proposals from these new jacks, looking hopefully for the voice that will define this generation, and every day I grow farther and farther from that fantasy.

Don't even ask me about the contemporary poets.

-- TLJ
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Everything is Illuminated [View all] , janey, Wed Jun-26-02 08:20 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
RE: Everything is Illuminated
Jun 26th 2002
1
RE: Everything is Illuminated
Jun 26th 2002
2
No thanks
Jun 26th 2002
3
fair enough
Jun 26th 2002
5
      On Roth
Jun 26th 2002
7
           yes but
Jun 26th 2002
8
          
                Contemporary fiction
Jun 26th 2002
11
                query:
Jun 26th 2002
12
                     RE: query:
Jun 26th 2002
13
                          how do you figure?
Jun 27th 2002
16
                               RE: how do you figure?
Jun 27th 2002
17
                                    for "true"...
Jun 27th 2002
21
                                         re: eggers & contemporary authors
Jun 30th 2002
26
                                              just bought "a heartbreaking work..."
Jul 01st 2002
32
                                                   Eggers and Co.
Jul 02nd 2002
37
                                                        RE: Eggers and Co.
Jul 02nd 2002
38
                                                             Interesting
Jul 02nd 2002
39
                                                                  RE: Interesting
Jul 02nd 2002
40
                                                                       eh?
Jul 02nd 2002
41
                                                                            RE: eh?
Jul 02nd 2002
44
           correction
Jun 27th 2002
15
I will get deeply into this tomorrow
Jun 26th 2002
4
yes.
Jun 26th 2002
6
Sasha's commentaries
Jun 26th 2002
9
Fuck
Jun 26th 2002
14
Ok, I haven't gotten the call so let me see
Jun 27th 2002
18
a fan's notes
Jun 27th 2002
19
A FAN'S NOTES....
Jun 27th 2002
20
      I'll give it a whirl
Jun 27th 2002
22
           RE: I'll give it a whirl
Jun 27th 2002
23
                erk
Jun 28th 2002
24
                     RE: erk
Jun 30th 2002
27
                          I'm halfway through
Jul 01st 2002
29
                               RE: I'm halfway through
Jul 01st 2002
30
                                    Have you read
Jul 01st 2002
31
Here's what I think my issue is
Jul 01st 2002
33
Donde esta Mally
Jun 28th 2002
25
i replied, Pete
Jul 01st 2002
28
      I missed that shit
Jul 01st 2002
34
           what I think
Jul 01st 2002
35
haven't read it.
Jul 01st 2002
36
RE: haven't read it.
Jul 02nd 2002
42
      sorry,
Jul 02nd 2002
43
           RE: sorry,
Jul 02nd 2002
45

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