Do people even read anymore?

[kewms]

Rather than arguing about made up examples, I’m going to spin off a new thread.

Musicality and modern writing

This is a spin-off of this thread, in which @Vincent_Vincent and I argue for and against the depth and musicality of modern writing. Do people even read anymore? As it happens, I have a sampler of modern short essays handy, courtesy of a workshop on creative non-fiction taught by Kate Carmody (http://katecarmodywriter.com). They are all short, since that was the focus of the workshop. In form and content, they vary from extremely conventional to quite radical. Be aware that some of them deal wi…