Two personal investigations of literary
dependence and independence: Writing and publishing:
Dependence in writing
American fiction writer Stephen King has said,
"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the
tools) to write. Simple as that." Of course, many others have said
this same thing for ages—time honoured advice,
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Encounters
The relevance and irrelevance of Harold Bloom
Last week in my discussion of the importance of
Harold Bloom as a literary critic and literary theorist, I referred
to his concept of the anxiety of influence.
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