I Wanna Be Your Blog

Young writers aren’t applying to MFA programs and sending their work to tiny journals read by a few hundred people because they think they’re going to be rich and famous. They aren’t stupid. They’re writing and publishing because they know that only through words on a page can they reach an audience without having to be rich or famous – or else cozy up to those who are – in the first place.

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Michael Bourne’s essay in The Millions both gently mocks Jonathan Franzen and acknowledges that I’m not stupid—my only two criteria for calling something a must-read. (via katiecoyle)

DEATH TO THE GATEKEEPERS! KEEPIN’ IT REAL ON THE INTERNET!