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The Internet is changing American fiction – and I don’t mean in some kind of metaphysical way.

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Ethan Canin

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Point of view gets me. If I can feel like a character rather than a reader, I’ll read that book.

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I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that’s why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

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April 26, 2024

I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that’s why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

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April 26, 2024

Point of view gets me. If I can feel like a character rather than a reader, I’ll read that book.

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