Jan 18, 2012
The central question driving literary aesthetics in the age of the iPad is no longer “How should novels be?” but “Why write novels at all?
‘Why Write Novels at All?’ - NYTimes.com (via seetheglossary)
Another juicy bit: “This is where “The Marriage Plot”’s titular enjambment of literature and love — those two beleaguered institutions — is so clarifying. Think about it: I can love you because I want to feel less alone, or I can love you because I want you to feel less alone. But only the latter requires me to imagine a consciousness independent of my own, and equally real.”
(via seetheglossary)
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