EPISODE · Sep 4, 2025 · 31 MIN
The War Against Readers
from Vigilante Crime and Pulp · host Gutter Books LLC
Using B.R. Myers’s A Reader’s Manifesto (2002) as a starting point, we break down why the intractable purple prose of post-modern literary fiction is inferior to both classic literary fiction and commercial/pulp fiction. Why writing is meant for readers and not writers. In short, a lot of fun smack talk against snobs. Get full access to Vigilante Crime & Pulp at vigilantemag.substack.com/subscribe
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