The most polarizing occurrences tend to happen when stodgy institutions start to get on board–generally well after the zeitgeist has already happened–with a certain “trend” that will make them more palatable to the mainstream, leading those who still “uphold their medium to a certain standard” scratching their heads violently with skepticism. This happened in an egregious fashion with Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize, but … Continue reading Why Is Literature Always So Serious In Order to Be Taken Seriously?: On Andrew Sean Greer’s Less Winning the Pulitzer