I’m not a fan of Literary Fiction. Ultimately, I think it’s a good thing. It’s the concept car of fiction, pushing the envelope and helping to define how the field operates. It’s what my favorite creative writing teacher (though possibly my least favorite, I have two separate people in my head to which I want to attribute this quote) called, Literature with a Capital L. It’s also my least favorite thing to read, because of what I, as an uncultured barely hominid raccoon-person uncharitably call, […]

Hemingway gets a lot of shit, but boy when he wrote his first novel, he wrote a perfect one. That’s my recommendation by the way. If you’re going to write a novel, write a perfect one. The first time I read this book I didn’t really understand why Jake and Brett didn’t just get together. As far as a reason, this one is a doozy. Jake of course has been injured in the war, specifically receiving shrapnel while flying a mission. His injury has left […]