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Monday, January 12, 2009

Books Fictionalization

Posted by on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:47 AM

The New York Times reports this morning that "fiction reading increases for adults." Motoko Rich wonders if it's a "statistical blip or a reassuring finding." Or perhaps adults are reading more fiction accidentally—thanks to all those memoirs about gang life, drug addiction, the Holocaust, etc., that were discovered to be be fiction only after publication.

 

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The heading on the little table in the article says "pct of adults reading literature" What counts as literature? Is it just fiction? Or is it fiction of a certain quality that some adults, like my sister with a basement full of romance novels, wouldn't quite be able to grasp?
Posted by mary on January 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM
2
at least one work of fiction? Responsible, in this order: Oprah, Harry Potter, Twilight.
Posted by clausti on January 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM
3
Hell, every word that's come out of Bush's mouth for the last eight years has been fiction.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on January 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM
4
@2 beat me to it.
Posted by Mike in Renton on January 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM
5
Who can afford cable?

Besides, until Bush leaves the screen, why watch TV?
Posted by Will in Seattle on January 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM

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