http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/how_to_read_fiction_in_an_election_year This week's Constant Reader is about how lots of people—myself included—have a hard time reading fiction in an election year. It can be difficult to read fiction during the autumn of an election year. In 2004, the last time the election was the most important in American history, fiction sales fell drastically in at least one major Seattle bookstore as sales of political books soared. It's hard to entertain flights of fancy when images of neocon-inspired apocalyptic death are dancing in your head. But only reading books about the election between now and November is a surefire way to... Copyright 2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss