Not wanting to register at the site, I haven't been able to read the article in question, but the half-dozen lines of it that are visible lead me to think your response is entirely justified. ("As if [Roth, Amis, and Updike] haven't received enough acclaim and attention" indeed!)
Roth in particular was a great author--observant, thoughtful, creative, and daring. The fact that his work was admired twenty years ago does not in itself mean its time has passed. But clearly there's disagreement. I read the other day that the sonnet is no longer being taught somewhere, as the great examples of that form supposedly represent the thinking of the wrong sort of people.
I read. My page on Goodreads shows that over the decade or so I have posted reviews of 857 books. I've been aware for some time that the vast majority of those book are authored by men, and there's a reason. Granted, earlier this year I was enjoying novels by Japanese women, such as Sayaka Murata and Banana Yoshimoto, which I heartily recommend. And there are a few female authors in our own present-day culture I very much admire, such as Lionel Shriver. But the write-up linked to here is far more typical: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3760878976
Time is limited. We need authors whose work resonates with what is actually happening, and you, Paul, are one.
Not wanting to register at the site, I haven't been able to read the article in question, but the half-dozen lines of it that are visible lead me to think your response is entirely justified. ("As if [Roth, Amis, and Updike] haven't received enough acclaim and attention" indeed!)
Roth in particular was a great author--observant, thoughtful, creative, and daring. The fact that his work was admired twenty years ago does not in itself mean its time has passed. But clearly there's disagreement. I read the other day that the sonnet is no longer being taught somewhere, as the great examples of that form supposedly represent the thinking of the wrong sort of people.
I read. My page on Goodreads shows that over the decade or so I have posted reviews of 857 books. I've been aware for some time that the vast majority of those book are authored by men, and there's a reason. Granted, earlier this year I was enjoying novels by Japanese women, such as Sayaka Murata and Banana Yoshimoto, which I heartily recommend. And there are a few female authors in our own present-day culture I very much admire, such as Lionel Shriver. But the write-up linked to here is far more typical: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3760878976
Time is limited. We need authors whose work resonates with what is actually happening, and you, Paul, are one.