Poetry is a bit more difficult because first of all there seems a lot more with fewer the less poetry that stands out it's very difficult often to recognize the great poetry of the day in the time being especially with modern poetry. I find it very difficult to get a sense of what I really should be focusing on so I mean I guess it is a useful life hack because really there is only so much we can read and I might very well act symbolively with poetry because I don't spend that much time reading poetry but with fiction I wouldn't accept it that here's another life hack which I totally reject I may just be an addict of sorts but you tell me why for you
Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on — what else? — books. Read to discover why Michael believes everyone should read more fiction, how we should choose books, why American popular literature is overrated, what he thinks about authors like Herman Melville, Fyoder Dostoevsky, Goethe, J.K. Rowling, Arno Schmidt, and many others, his recommendations for the best sites for readers, why studying literature at college was such a big disappointment, how much book covers matter, and why his opinion will never be the final word.
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