/lit/ - Literature

>>21979185
I feel like this is mostly caused by the fact that not many people read anymore and those who do are not reading literary fiction. Even for the small portion of readers who do like literature, they are mostly stuck reading the established canon and are not seeking out new works (with the exception of those written by hold overs from past generations like McCarthy and Pynchon). Becoming a literary author in this day and age is such an unachievable pipe dream its likely most artists with some level of talent or ambition give it up because they need to make rent in their overpriced 1 bedroom apartment. ITT most anons are focusing on the lack of anything to write about in the contemporary world but I dont buy that. Many great works of literature are about fairly mundane parts of every day life at the time of their writing. There is no doubt a wealth of stories waiting to be told; there is just no market for people who want to read them.