16 March 2015
Can we declare a moratorium on essays about the death of writing?
In an essay in the Guardian, novelist Tom McCarthy argues that literature is challenged by the digital matrix
Would James Joyce have worked at Google if he were alive today?
I think we need a moratorium on essays about the death of literature. Especially when they are by people who write for a living. The latest is novelist Tom McCarthy ("C," "Satin Island"), whose Guardian piece, "The Death of Writing - If James Joyce Were Alive Today He'd Be Working For Google," briefly lighted up my Twitter feed Saturday morning, before being displaced by the president's moving speech from Selma.
