it finally happened. there is not a single story on the most popular post list. not even the announcement of a novel or the magazine. nothing even broadly about it. total fiction death. yet it’s basically always been the norm. but why.

first, of course, this blog or whatever it is, used to be dedicated to essays. and the readers that are here since that time can be reasonably supposed to be more naturally inclined towards nonfiction. fine. but the truth is the last two years or so, more than half...