"Wars trivialize every small-scale concern you have, like saving newspapers or saving a train..."

“Wars trivialize every small-scale concern you have, like saving newspapers or saving a train station. They call into question ever minor joy. Why are you making that coffee shake after mowing the lawn? Why are you taking that picture of a scrolled leaf? Wars are bad for the novel, because suddenly all of our precious mundanity is justifiably marginalizable.”

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Nicholson Baker, in his 2011 interview with Paris Review,stepping in and summarizing my current state of mind regarding all of my wor...