Tom McCarthy interviews

I'm only halfway through Part Two right now. Great, great stuff, although he has yet to mention anything about the INS declaration on inauthenticity back in September. (Is there any transcript of this online?)He's talking re-enactments and patterns all of the way back to Don Quixote. It was a little jarring to hear him declare Warhol a greater artist than Michelangelo, but why the hell shouldn't he?

Lots of talk about Ballard too, and i admit that i have yet to read anything by him.

Oh yeah... part one of the interview and part two.

Agreed. Publishing gave up on literature a long time ago. Too many new authors seem too interested in filling a niche in a market than in the act of creation.

This book by Jennifer Higgie, Bedlam, sounds promising.