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Will Commercialit Ruin Great Fiction?
Bad Trend
Publishers are at it again: paying way more than they should for first novels that look impressive and entertain but lack the heft of true greatness.
Tom LeClair
Published
Mar. 27 2016
12:01AM EDT
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