This interview with David Eggers brightened my morning. The entire thing is worth reading, but the really relevant bit is isolated here.
Also, huge kudos to the interviewer for releasing the correspondence into the wild. I've been utterly demolished by subjects with wrecking-ball egos in the past -- I think everyone has -- so the person on the receiving end of his tirade certainly has my sympathies. That isn't to say Eggers -- and all the folks who've impaled me on my own words -- aren't totally justified in their frustrations, just that sharing your embarrassment this openly is a tough thing to do, and it deserves respect.
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Peter Hemminger wrote:
on Dec 6th, 2009 at 8:05pm Report Abuse
Kyle Francis wrote:
He also forgets a much more pragmatic reason for media gatekeepers: Not everyone is capable of making $12,000 from one article for Time. Most consumers have limited entertainment budgets, so -- as he admits himself -- they reduce. Critics are just a part of that equation.
That said, his larger anti-snobbery point is well-aimed, well-spake and more than relevant to the working ethos of more than a few critics I could name.
on Dec 7th, 2009 at 10:57am Report Abuse
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