Most of what Americans consider literary canon is overwrought pseudo-religious dogma, also it doesn't make money/earn respect/mass publicity anymore.
"On August 15, 2011, The New York Observer reported that Lin had sold his third novel, then titled Taipei, Taiwan, to Vintage.[1] Lin's agent, Bill Clegg, brokered the deal with editor Tim O'Connell based on "a 5000-word excerpt and a ~3-page outline", for "$50,000 with a $10,000 bonus if it earns out its advance."
>>8131830
idk what it's like outside of america plz don't strawman
>>8131830
Trying to see whether anything at all is in the canon when it was just written is retarded, canonical works reveal themselves over time
>>8131863
good point, thanks, your opinion based argument change my mind because of how hard you believed it
>>8131863
p.s. how long has 'alt lit' been a thing people have been saying like 'beat generation'
>>8131871
It seems like its gone out of fashion already, it was always a stupid premise for a movement
>>8131875
yeah it does seem like it's smaller, but it was definitely a movement of sorts, more I just want to justify drug usage today over writing/reading/doing/etc and discrediting writing/reading seems to be the way to go