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Why Writing Is Bad For You

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First Posted: 07/07/11 12:25 PM ET Updated: 09/06/11 06:12 AM ET

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We live in a literary environment that - a little uneasily, I often think - feels the need to justify the reading and study of imaginative literature. That is understandable, for writers and readers often have to stand up and fight for what they care passionately about. We believe it is good for us, it must be good for us, this force we attribute to the enterprise of reading and writing. A wide exposure to great literature, it is claimed, provides a basis upon which we may feel more deeply, understand more widely, become better.

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We live in a literary environment that - a little uneasily, I often think - feels the need to justify the reading and study of imaginative literature. That is understandable, for writers and readers o...
We live in a literary environment that - a little uneasily, I often think - feels the need to justify the reading and study of imaginative literature. That is understandable, for writers and readers o...
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NebDem78
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05:08 PM on 07/07/2011
That is a misleading title for this article.
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03:15 PM on 07/07/2011
The author means *why writing is bad for him*, the fact he can't tell the difference between the 2 sentences is why it's bad for him, because he sucks at it.
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02:33 PM on 07/07/2011
WTH??? this is not an article this is wasted space!!!
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