Category: On Reading
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What Do We Mean By “Readable”?
Some remarks by Sam Byers on the “readability” of contemporary literature.
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On Difficulty
A response to Sam Byers’ take on the refrain that Anna Burns’ Milkman is a “difficult” novel.
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What Could Have Been
A reconsideration and appreciation of Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York.
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Fugitives and Followers
A dissent from the widespread praise for Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, with some notes on its debts to Edward P. Jones and Cormac McCarthy.
Infinite Patience 