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Why you should hate the creative writing establishment (...as if you needed any more reasons)

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Naomi K
Jan 22, 2014
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The Jonathan Franzens of the fictional under-14 international hockey circuit.

I used to hear it said that, demographically speaking, science fiction readers skewed working class and literary fiction readers skewed middle class. And I never believed it. After all, reading is a pretty effete, high-brow activity, no matter what book you’re holding. And, fu…

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