/lit/ - Literature

“I’ve never understood the categorization of postcolonial writing. I’ve been sent papers where I’m talked about as a postcolonial novelist, but I’m never sure about the definition. Does ‘postcolonial’ mean writing that came out in the postcolonial era? Or does it have to come from a country that used to be part of an empire, and which, after the colonies started to devolve, changed into an independent state? Or does it mean writing by people who don’t have white skin? I often suspect the latter is the accurate definition.”
— Kazuo Ishiguro

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If something is written with the sole intent of conveying some kind of "message" then it is propaganda, not literature. Literature, in essence, is open to multiple readings and interpretation.

Also:
>cooks
>all the normal writers

what?