Ok, here it is: a reader's manifesto http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/07/myers.htm by a critic at the Atlantic who is tired of modern "literary" fiction. I happen to agree. many of the highly praised authors he discusses are people I have no interest in or tried and really disliked.
Mary People hurry by so quickly Don't they hear the melodies In the chiming and the clicking And the laughing harmonies - Joni Mitchell
