Counter Craft

Counter Craft

Writing For, Within, and Against the Market

Just some idle thoughts on the attitude authors should take toward their art

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Lincoln Michel
Aug 04, 2024
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Novelist assembling a book from the latest trends

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the market. Or rather, the author’s relationship to it. This was spurred by Christian Lorentzen’s excellent essay “Literature Without Literature” that was critiquing Dan Sinykin’s also excellent book Big Fiction. I enjoyed Big Fiction and interviewed Sinykin last year fo…

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