At the LBC, nominated author Mark Binelli (Sacco & Vanzetti Must Die!) is posting some thoughts on writing in today’s marketplace. He starts with a quote from Ian Jack, the editor of Granta, about the magazine’s new “Best Young American Novelists” issue.
Finnegan’s Wake would really be hard-pressed now to find a publisher. Whether that’s good or bad, different discussion…
And Binelli offers this terrific response:
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Finnegan’s Wake being unpublishable today is unquestionably “bad.” It’s surprising to me that the editor of a major literary magazine would find this point debatable. Though I’d love to hear the counter-argument. (“No, man, fuck Joyce!”)
I am writing writing writing (and backspace backspace backspacing) for school so I can’t jump in and play, but I think it’s obvious that I’m with Binelli on this one. Add your two cents at the LBC.
