If the Novel is Dead, So Are We All

Literature, explains Pulitzer-winning writer Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoisthe closest that we’ve come to telepathy. It’s through literature that we educate our souls by transporting ourselves into some other character’s mind. It builds empathy. It allows for new perspectives. It triggers provocation in all the best ways. Novels aren’t as popular a medium today as something like Twitter, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still hugely important.

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