“I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.” ThinkingKnowsImportantLiteratureSoundPiecesNew YorkPopsRadicalOccasionalNew York Times Author:David Talbot
“The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.” IfsBookCountryWould BeLiteratureInterestingNew YorkPositionExperimentsNew York Times Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes--McCarthy and Stalin--that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town.” WritingArtTwoImportantBookAbleLastsArtistCultureLiteraturePoliticsLeftKnownNew YorkProduceMajorsConnectionsTownsUniversityAccessObsessedReviewsPublishingAmerican CultureManhattanPhilipVanguardBook ReviewJoe Mccarthy Book:God made Alaska for the Indians: selected essays Source: God made Alaska for the Indians: selected essays
“I'm a country boy. I hate New York. But that's where things happen, so I use it as a base for stories, I know enough about it. But I have to keep going back there.” KnowsCountryEnoughStoriesUseHappensHateLiteratureBoysNew YorkI HateThings HappenKeep GoingCountry Boy Author:Mickey Spillane
“I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche way, like jazz and poetry, although probably more widely consumed than jazz and poetry since it's fundamentally a narrative form. And I think that's important and places like Word Riot and 'The New York Tyrant' and 'n+1' will be responsible for keeping it alive.” ThinkingWayImportantFormLiteratureTermForeverAliveNew YorkResponsibleJazzNarrativeTyrantsConsumedRiotNicheBeing Responsible Author:Nick Antosca