Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
May 22, 2006 • Monday
Yesterday the New York Times Book Review published a list of the Best Work[s] of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years. For the top spot, the panel of writers and editors chose Beloved, by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison.
What I find interesting is that I've read none of the books listed. Not one. And I thought I was relatively well-read.
Thinking about it more, I realize that since college I've focused mainly on reading classic American literature: Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Barry.
Perhaps it's time to give some of the new stuff a try.
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