“[W]hy bother trying to attract Starbucks to Gratiot Ave? Let us brew our own, stronger coffee.”
At The Millions, Alexander Nazaryan makes an optimistic call-to-action for literature and the publishing industry. Rather than trying to make millions (see: auto industry, boomtime Detroit) refocus in on the craft and the reason people flock to literature (see: innovation, community).
Throughout time we have argued and will continue to argue the death of cities/literature/any pillar of society; how much more constructive to not bemoan a loss but to shape a grand rebirth?
