/lit/ - Literature

>>9687919
I think the best way to tell if someone is sincere is by looking at how much non-fiction they read because none of that shit is glamorous. Additionally it can be marked by how much overlap in concepts, themes, and subject matter there is between the fiction and non-fiction that the person has read which indicates a passion for the topics at hand and not just reading famous things for the image.

>>9687742
>3. "Slam poetry" inflames the same part of the brain as "The Turner Diaries" but gets a free pass because black people are now a priestly caste in American society.
People aren't forcing themselves to like slam poetry in order to humor black people and pretending it is is a strawman of liberals. We like slam poetry because it is a form of poetry which is social in nature and casual in a way which retakes the art form from pseuds and returns it to being an actual form of cultural expression. I love classic poetry but slam poetry is something which can be done in a group with friends and beer. We make no mistake of its position.

>>9687824
>>9688991
My unpopular opinion is that people on /lit/ judge black and minority authors more harshly than white authors. We can have a white dude come out with "Antisocial Neet #8462" and receive praise but then we get "Racism: My Story #6467" and suddenly it is not only unoriginal but is propoganda. Black authors also cannot be casual without /lit/ passing off all black authors as "low art". White authors can stand on their own merits but for black authors it feels like their entire race is being put on trial when discussed on here.