Why are books so bad these days? Matt and Jo discuss the decline of literature, the death of criticism, and the social and economic forces underlying it. We also weigh in on the Great Fanfiction Debate of 2021.

Lauren Oyler on literary criticism: endoftheworld.substack.com/p/i-feel-th…-made-crazy

Matt's Twitter (with links to his work): twitter.com/circusarmy

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