"Were you schooled to believe that fiction’s primary purpose is to examine society? I sure was. But more and more I find said members of this society don’t read sweet fuckall. Like the former President. This is distressing. Then there are the boobs who don’t read fiction. Yeah, yeah…that doorstop on Alexander Hamilton is real cheery, but fiction can tell you how the meat tasted back then, how the streets sounded, what a whore really smelled liked. Next witness.
--Kieran Shea, interviewed at Bookspot Central.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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I am so tired of hearing comments around my place of work, "I don't have time to read fiction." As if reading the sports' page or academic journals makes you a better-informed person.
Flattered, Patrick. Flattered. And Patti, it's all about character.
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