Dying public?

[Richard Romeo]

mr bellow sed:
>"But I do know enough about it to be able to tell you that
>they're having a very bad
>time," he said.
>
>"There's not much interest in literary fiction anymore, and
>I don't know what the
>reason can be.
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Oh, this is hogwash (no offense O' Chine)--the number of great books I want 
to read is endless--in fact, it depresses me that I need to winnow out the 
non-essentials, so to speak.  There is greatness out there--you just have to 
dig deeper than the local Barnes and Noble.

P.S.  A bunch of p-listers went to hear George Saunders read early this 
week--a packed hot crowd--he read Sea Oak, a very funny and disturbing story

Rich
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