A reader's manifesto, revisited and lightly acidic.

In February 2006, I ordered a copy of the book A Reader’s Manifesto: An Attack on the Growing Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose. Originally an essay, the author, B. R. Myers, expanded it into a tidy little book that took a swing at the growing pretentiousness in literary fiction.

Mixed metaphors, odd imagery, weird word choices.

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