Nothing, but nothing, should have surprised me after Joe the Plumber got a book deal. And certainly, Ms. Cyrus' book will generate the most 'tween book sales since the release of the last
But honestly - honestly - can this be anything but a sign of the end times for literature in America? I tend to lean toward populism in literature; snobbery doesn't help people to get reading.
But what the fuck?! Nevermind this girl's complete irrelevance to anything of any meaning or value - but she's sixteen fucking years old.
For fuck's sake!
Hey, she's just being Miley.
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Upshot is that so far, studies are saying that kids who get into reading even things like this memoir and Twilight and such are staying readers--and if not "readers," per se, then more inclined to reading than they would otherwise have been.
By the way, here's another reason to take heart: Amazon's link calls Joe the Plumber's book "Joe Plumber Fighting American Dream." Sounds like a true news headline if I ever heard one. :-)
ReplyDeleteAt least Miley Cyrus will still have relevance when her book comes out. Who will care about Joe the Plumber? Dead upon arrival; autopsy concludes apathy was the COD.
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