called out by the new york times, and why i don't judge what i read anymore

guilty pleasures are no longer guilty

This morning I took the New York Times quiz about whether you can get literary references. I scored 4. It didn’t tell me how that compares to other people, but I have an inkling that it’s, uh, unfavorable.

I’m an author. I’m supposed to be bookish. Hell, I wrote a dark academia novel that is all about literary snobbery and Dickensian insults. So why don’…