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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Posted 9/05/2007 05:21:00 PM by Douglas

Men are from Paul Johnson, women are from Danielle Steele.
When it comes to fiction, the gender gap is at its widest. Men account for only 20 percent of the fiction market, according to surveys conducted in the U.S., Canada and Britain.

By this measure, "chick-lit" would have to include Hemingway and nearly every other novel, observes Lakshmi Chaudhry in the magazine In These Times. "Unlike the gods of the literary establishment who remain predominately male—both as writers and critics—their humble readers are overwhelmingly female."
No surprises there, and one of the main reasons why I'm not so surprised or alarmed by this news:
One in four adults read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Of those who did read, women and older people were most avid, and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices.
There's nothing magical about reading, and reading garbage is a total waste of time. There's so much dreck out there, most "reader's" time could be better spent watching Captain Kangaroo.


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