/lit/ - Literature

What are some good, entry-level linguistic prescriptivist writings that aren't Garner?
I'm looking to get into linguistics.

I scrolled through and did not see this posted. So I had to do it.

>>3884966
Avant-garde is not the answer you're looking for. I think some of the figures of the modernist avant-garde have the aesthetic you're looking for, people like Man Ray, Dali, Picasso, Burroughs, but avant-garde refers to the freshest wave of art, which isn't really a relevant concept in way the modern art world works today. And those people I wouldn't describe as anything more than charismatic, maybe genuine, or exciting, or irreverent, though I mean, they could all be considered living mainly bohemian lifestyles, if that's what you want, the contemporary equivalent is the hipster, not of the trust fund cut.

>>3884980
The term's been diluted and commercialized strongly, but it generally refers to educated young adults, likely liberal or apolitical, with vaguely artistic inclinations and anti-commercial taste. I think the infamous empty irony is just a result of a their taste, in line with the postmodern art of the past decades. If you want to know the "avant-garde" of that taste, the nxtlvl, try dismag, frieze. By "trust fund" I just meant Williamsburg, highschoolers, who are imitate the media idea of it, like what hardcore punks are to first wave, quickly shitting up everything with little respect.

People avoid labels because it's opens it up to be marketed, reported, and so imitated, diluted, corrupted, sold. Finding a word to cleanly categorize and brand a certain abnormal "artsy" philosophy or aesthetic is way to smooth out abnormal elements into something that can be safely absorbed, and likely appropriated, by mass culture. It's not ideal.

Go ahead, post your writing. I'll try to critique and read every one. I'll be blunt but I won't cut your head off.

Does /lit/ have any favourite literary rivalries? I saw a YouTube video of Norman Mailer arguing with Gore Vidal that was great, but I wonder if people aren't passionate enough about literature now for these kinds of rivalries to exist anymore.