Dennis: MEP, I suppose every decade had its rebels but Internet did change a lot, like you say. I honestly wouldn't know any new author that has reached the mass media in the 21st century and criticized it at the same time. Unless it's part of a marketing strat

eavesdropper: Well, Dennis, you can't fault me for my cave (which is really quite comfortable, everything is within reach, and what isn't I can use one of those "grabber" things -

MEP: Dennis, keep up the good fight then. Small presses are important. There are also lot of great edited internet literary journals out there. As you say though, filtering through the barage of garbage can be difficult. You mention modern write

Dennis: Hi M.E. Nice to see you here. As you noticed, this 'community' is not working well. I like your term 'suburban cocooning'. People are bombarded with information so they shield off everything as they cannot seem to filter it. Especiall

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