Literature Is Dead (According To Straight, White Guys, At Least)

Joel Breuklander: “Every few months, a new ‘Literature is Dead/Dying’ think piece crops up in high-profile media. Perhaps you’ve noticed. As a book nerd, I certainly have, though they’ve begun to bleed together: Their diagnoses of literature’s ills tend to be eerily similar. … Still, until recently I’d never thought to look at the identities of the authors before.”