Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Great Regulars: What passes for the avant-garde has shrunk

in size and influence because it has been largely co-opted by a popular culture that embraces outsiders such as the Beats. Others are mostly poets.

The largest group by far is Mr. [Richard] Hofstadter's great undefinables--from so-called outsiders like Dave Eggers to the best-seller champions Stephen King and John Grisham, with hundreds in between, including Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Tyler and Richard Russo.

from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: There's still a pulse beating for classics

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