There was a recent 2-year period in which I was either unemployed or semi-employed, and I've never read as much as I did in that time. I think a lot of people's mentality is that because reading takes up a lot of time, they ought to get an easy reward out of it, which is why even literary fiction is turning more YA-like these days. While the affirmation art philosophy is increasingly common in all art forms, it seems most prevalent in literature, for the reason above.
There was a recent 2-year period in which I was either unemployed or semi-employed, and I've never read as much as I did in that time. I think a lot of people's mentality is that because reading takes up a lot of time, they ought to get an easy reward out of it, which is why even literary fiction is turning more YA-like these days. While the affirmation art philosophy is increasingly common in all art forms, it seems most prevalent in literature, for the reason above.
The Mars Review of Cookbooks
Good stuff. This other article may be a useful companion piece to the present one. Not sure if you have to be a subscriber or not to read it: https://www.the-hinternet.com/p/books-become-games