I'm not too concerned what happens to my books after I'm dead. But I am very concerned by what's going on with the culture of reading and writing nowadays.
'The Dublin Magazine' has been edited with good taste, and it is very agreeable reading, but to speak quite candidly, I do not believe in the future of any literary journal any more than I believe in the future of the Trinity.
I may have one more 'Star Trek' novel in me, but it would be in the old universe, not the new one.
What's the best way to ensure a supply of good books in the future? Support up-and-coming writers now.
Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.
I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
It's totally appropriate to be anxious about the future of things you care about, especially in a shifting world. But I've every expectation that literature will continue to exist.
Google "brooklyn writer" and you'll get, Did you mean: the future of literature as we know it?
