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The Decade In Literature

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:05 PM ET

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The Aughts saw the birth of readerly social networking, a flowering of graphic novels, and a bunch of faked memoirs. Books about health and food contributed to larger policy and behavioral changes for many Americans, and foreigners writing experimental fiction sold a surprising number of copies. It is has been a strange fragmented decade in literature, suitable for these multitasking years.

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The Aughts saw the birth of readerly social networking, a flowering of graphic novels, and a bunch of faked memoirs. Books about health and food contributed to larger policy and behavioral changes for...
The Aughts saw the birth of readerly social networking, a flowering of graphic novels, and a bunch of faked memoirs. Books about health and food contributed to larger policy and behavioral changes for...
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10:48 AM on 12/30/2009
You use photos of a Kindle and a Stephenie Meyers book, then title the article "The Decade in Literature." Seems like an oxymoron to me.

Try this: "The End of Literature as We Know It" or "Quality in Publishing: Who Needs It?"
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