“The obsession with past trauma refracts World Lit’s sense of belatedness, even when the genre advertises its contemporaneity. You can argue that we’re still haunted by Hiroshima or the Holocaust, that people refuse to speak about this haunting — kind of the… — The editors n+1 Copy Share Image
“Writers more interested in literature than the truth ensure that they never come out with either thing — one reason that the word literature today sounds so fake, as if you were to insist on saying cuisine every time you meant food.… — The editors n+1 Copy Share Image
“The obsession with past trauma refracts World Lit’s sense of belatedness, even when the genre advertises its contemporaneity. You can argue that we’re still… — The editors n+1 Copy Share Image
“Writers more interested in literature than the truth ensure that they never come out with either thing — one reason that the word literature today sounds… — The editors n+1 Copy Share Image
