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AND UNANIMITY, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT US ELITISTS SUPPOSEDLY LIKE. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SILVERBLAT AND I'M FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE FOR 14 YEARS I'VE PRODUCED...
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| 00:05:59 |
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TASTES AND THE TASTES OF
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MY CUSTOMERS. THERE ARE BOOKS THAT I WOULDN'T READ MYSELF BUT I KNOW
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| 00:06:08 |
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MY CUSTOMERS WILL ENJOY READING THEM, AND THAT DOESN'T ONLY HAVE TO DO WITH HIGH ART AND LOW ART. THAT HAS TO DO WITH SUBJECT MATTER. AND IT HAS...
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| 00:08:51 |
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CARLA COHEN'S STORE ELITIST AND CARLA COHEN SAID THAT SHE SUPPOSED THAT THAT HAD BEEN AT TIMES THE CASE. >> YEAH, OCCASIONALLY. >> I'M
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| 00:09:04 |
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NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW
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| 00:09:06 |
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TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE QUESTION OF
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| 00:09:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ELITISM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT -- I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PERSON WHO'S USING IT MEANS BY THAT WORD BEFORE I CAN RESPOND TO IT. I'M SURE THAT...
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| 00:09:22 |
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A LOT OF -- BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO E-MAIL US, WE GET A LOT OF
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| 00:09:26 |
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FEEDBACK FROM READERS, A LOT OF READERS THINK WE'RE TOO HIGH BROW, A LOT OF READERS THINK WE'RE TOO LOW BROW, SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY THEY'RE...
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| 00:13:51 |
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MASS PAPERBOOKS ARE ELITIST. I'M A NOVELIST AND A BOOK CRITIC, SO I FEEL I WALK BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AS A NOVELIST, I WOULD HATE TO BE CONSIDERED...
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| 00:17:28 |
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IS I WOULD REGARD AS KIND OF THE JOURNALISM SIDE WHERE I FEEL -- I DO FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO COVER WHAT READERS HOPE TO READ. IF STEPHEN KING HAS A...
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| 00:20:12 |
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I GREW UP IN A HOUSE WITH PARENTS WHO WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN AMERICA, SO I COME FROM AN IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND....
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| 00:25:04 |
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EVERY BOOK. WE -- THAT'S WHAT I THINK MAKES AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT SELLING A LIST THAT THE PUBLISHER SENDS OUT, AND JUST PUTTING...
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| 00:27:01 |
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ONE FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF WHEN WE HAVE RUN STORIES THAT TAP IT INTO AND THE KIND OF E-MAIL THAT WE BET GET FROM OUR READERS IN RESPONSE IS THAT THERE'S...
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| 00:30:53 |
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OR NOT THE ELITE THING? MAYBE WE COULD ACTUALLY TRY TO DEFINE THIS OR SEEK SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE AUDIENCE AS FAR AS WHAT IT IS WE ARE SORT OF TALKING...
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| 00:31:28 |
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THAT'S YOUR NAME? >> LISA. NOW I'M REVIEWING ART. I FOUND WITH THE ART MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED OF LATTER STAGES OF POST MODERNISM WHERE THERE...
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| 00:31:45 |
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ART IT GOT TO BE A POINT WHERE THERE'S A LOOP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE ART
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| 00:31:49 |
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WORLD AND INSTITUTIONS AND
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| 00:31:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE ARTISTS AND THE CRITICS AND THE AUDIENCE WAS LEFT OUT OF IT. SO HOW ABOUT -- WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IN THE BOOK WORLD WHERE IT USED TO BE VERY INSULAR...
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| 00:33:08 |
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TENDS TO BE REVIEWED. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REVIEW BOOKS REGULARLY DON'T EVEN READ THE THINGS OR DON'T EVEN OFTEN KNOW WHAT THE BOOKS ON THE BESTSELLER...
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| 00:35:07 |
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I DON'T LIKE THAT SITUATION BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A PERSON BEING ALIENATED FROM HIS OWN CULTURE. I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS....
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| 00:39:23 |
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BOOK. >> ABSOLUTELY. TO READING ITSELF TO A NEW AUTHOR. THE TROUBLE IS THERE AREN'T ENOUGH MEANINGFUL REVIEWS. THERE IS A TENDENCY AS WITH ART CRITICISM...
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| 00:39:43 |
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IS TO
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| 00:39:44 |
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REMEMBER THE AUDIENCE AND ASSUME THAT THEY'RE INTELLIGENT AND THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A CHANNEL TO -- >> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. >> MY FEELING...
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| 00:40:13 |
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GIVEN SO MUCH WORK TO DO AT THEIR NEWS
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| 00:40:15 |
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STATIONS, AT THEIR NEWSPAPER, AT THEIR RADIO STATIONS, THAT THE IDEA OF READING THE WORK OF SOMEONE THEY'RE TALKING TO IS NOT ONLY UNLIKELY,
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| 00:40:23 |
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IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK THIS IS A MURPHY'S LAW. HOW IS A PERSON GOING TO LEARN ANYTHING FROM A SO-CALLED INTELLECTUAL IF HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE SUBJECT...
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| 00:41:03 |
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REVIEW MAGAZINES ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND WHAT IT DOES AND HOW IT CONTRIBUTES OR DETRACTS
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| 00:41:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OR HELPS. ALL THESE ELITISTS ARE WRITING ABOUT IMMIGRATION, BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WRITING BOOKS TO HELP IMMIGRANTS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IS WHAT...
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| 00:41:56 |
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ISSUES. AND OF COURSE
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| 00:41:57 |
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ENTERTAIN AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE FICTION
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| 00:41:59 |
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AND NONFICTION IN A GOOD MIX, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A LOT MORE BOOKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION THAN THERE IS TO HELP ACTUAL IMMIGRANTS, YOUR PARENTS....
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| 00:42:32 |
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COVERAGE OF BOOKS AT ALL IS ELITIST? . >> NO. >> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE SUBJECT MATTER -- >> I'M MAKING A POINT AND USING IMMIGRATION BECAUSE...
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| 00:42:45 |
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COULD BE TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE CONCEPT THAN IT IS TO
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| 00:42:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACTUAL HELP THE COMMON MAN. TO HELP EVERYBODY
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| 00:42:55 |
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ELSE HERE. >>
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| 00:42:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT TRANSLATED TO, SAY, THE BOOK PAGES. WHAT
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| 00:42:59 |
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WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IN YOUR WORLD IF YOU COULD. >> IT WOULD INCLUDE MORE OF THOSE TYPE OF BOOKS. SIMPLER. >> MORE HOW-TO BOOKS. >> A FEW MORE OF...
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| 00:43:17 |
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MAYBE HAVE PEOPLE BROWSE THE SECTIONS MORE INSTEAD OF NOTICING AND JUST SKIPPING
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| 00:43:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BECAUSE EVERY REVIEW LOOKS THE SAME. AND IT'S WRITTEN --
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| 00:43:28 |
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I'M REALLY
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| 00:43:30 |
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SERIOUS. >> EVERY BASEBALL SCORE LOOKS THE SAME TO ME. I THINK THAT YOU'RE REALLY PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT IS SO BEYOND PURVIEW OF BOOK SELLERS OR AUDIENCES....
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| 00:43:51 |
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ON THE BOOK PAGE. >> WE WANT TO OPEN THE WORLD OF IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE TO PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PEOPLE HOW TO GET ALONG IN THE WORLD. WE THINK...
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| 00:44:13 |
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READING. THERE'S FANTASTIC YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE THAT'S READ THAT'S WRITTEN THAT IN OUR LITERACY PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON, THE PEOPLE ARE SO THRILLED....
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| 00:45:08 |
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READ AND ENJOY BOOKS AS PART OF
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| 00:45:09 |
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THEIR LIVES. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY -- AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING BOOK CRITICS CAN ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY. IT'S NOT TO DISAGREE WITH...
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| 00:45:42 |
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OF THE PUBLISHING COMPANIES ABOUT A BOOK THAT WAS KIND OF A COFFEE TABLE BOOK-SORT OF THING THAT THEY WERE BRINGING OUT. THERE WAS A NAME ON THE COVER....
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| 00:46:16 |
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TO MY MIND, THAT -- AND THIS PROBABLY IS ELITIST, BUT TO MY MIND THAT DOESN'T GO IN THE SAME CATEGORY. WHEN I'M SPEAKING OF BOOKS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M...
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| 00:47:45 |
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AND MAGAZINES HAVE SERIOUSLY CUT BACK THEIR REVIEW SECTIONS AND IN SOME CASES THEIR ENTIRE SUNDAY SECTIONS. SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'VE FELT
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| 00:47:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE ELITIST ISSUE BECOME MORE
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| 00:47:57 |
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OF AN ISSUE AS MORE AND MORE
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| 00:48:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
REVIEW PLACES HAVE SHUT DOWN SO THAT
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| 00:48:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LESS PLACES ARE REVIEWING A WIDER NUMBER OF BOOKS. SO THE PLACES THAT ARE LEFT TO REVIEW BOOKS MAY BE REVIEWING THE SAME BOOKS, BUT PLACES THAT WERE...
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| 00:48:41 |
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TO STRESS THAT, LIKE, I TRY NOT TO PLACE TOO MUCH OF A VALUE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THAT. I LIKE LITERARY FICTION, BUT I ALSO CAN GET REALLY SICK OF...
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| 00:50:07 |
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HARD TO JUDGE FICTION.
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| 00:50:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU CAN ONLY JUDGE IT BY
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| 00:50:10 |
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READING IT. I CAN LOOK AT A
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| 00:50:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WORK OF NONFICTION AND I CAN'T NECESSARILY TELL IF IT'S A REALLY
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| 00:50:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOOD BOOK, BUT I CAN TELL IF IT'S ABOUT
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| 00:50:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE SORT OF THING THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD STORY
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| 00:50:22 |
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FROM. AND I CAN'T TELL THAT WITH FICTION. SO THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. AND SO WHEN I READ THAT PRESS RELEASE FROM R.W. BACKER ABOUT HOW THAT'S...
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| 00:51:30 |
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WITH A TRANSLATOR. AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED THE CRAZY, THRILLING, RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE OF THE TIME, THE WAY IN WHICH BOBBLE WAS KILLED. ,...
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| 00:52:34 |
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TO GET MY -- TO GET OUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW ABOUT MORE BOOKS BECAUSE -- IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE OUR CUSTOMERS ARE VERY REVIEW DRIVEN. AND SO IF I...
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| 00:52:49 |
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SECTION OF OUR -- A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER CALLED FLYING STARTS. IT'S BOOKS THAT I CHOOSE THAT I HAVE REALLY LOVED AND WANT TO INTRODUCE TO THEM AND GET...
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| 00:53:58 |
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REVIEWS AND RUNNING SHORTER REVIEWS. THE PRESSURE
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| 00:54:01 |
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IS ON THE BOOK CRITICS TO SAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. SOMETIMES IT'S 750 AND 1,000 IS POSSIBLE. BUT 200 AND 350 WORDS THIS IS...
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| 00:54:57 |
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SOMETHING ELITIST OR SPOUT ELITISM IS BASICALLY OUR FORM OF ORRWELL NEW SPEAK. I THINK BOOKS AND WORKS OF ART ARE GOOD AND BAD, BUT I THINK FOR MARKETING...
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| 00:56:36 |
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AND BASICALLY SILENCING
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| 00:56:38 |
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ASPECTS OF A CULTURE THAT YOU KNOW ARE HARDER TO SELL. IF THE READING LEVEL THAT MAGAZINES ALL DESPERATELY TRY TO MEET WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A 12TH GRADE...
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| 00:57:25 |
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PUBLISHED 25 OR 30 OR 50 OR 100 YEARS AGO. THERE ARE NOT MANY BOOK CLUBS READING ELLIOTT OR OTHERS, BUT STILL, THEY'RE READING INTELLIGENT, WELL WRITTEN,...
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| 00:58:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BECAUSE C-SPAN COVERED IT AND THEY KEPT SAYING LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE. I KNEW WHAT THE HEART OF THE ELITISM WAS GOING TO BE WHEN OPRAH WINFREY'S BOOK...
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| 01:00:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO GRASP, BUT YOU WORK AT A PRINT PUBLICATION. IF YOU HAVE
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| 01:00:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THIS MUCH TEXT, YOU NEED THIS MUCH AD TO PAY FOR IT. THE REASON WHY BOOK SECTIONS ARE CUT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ADS SOLD IN CONNECTION WITH BOOK SECTIONS....
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| 01:00:43 |
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SECTION. >> DOES THE SPORTS SECTION HAVE ANY ADS? >> YEAH. >> THAT TRADITIONALLY GET BY WITH MAJOR ADS FOR
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| 01:00:51 |
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AUTO SUPPLY AND TIRES. PART OF IT IS THE TRADITION -- >> BUT THE WHOLE NOTION IS EACH ONE PAYING IS WAY IS A NEW ONE. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S DEFINITELY...
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| 01:01:05 |
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EVERYTHING NEEDS TO PAY FOR ITSELF. >>
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| 01:01:07 |
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RIGHT. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO
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| 01:01:09 |
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HAS ACCESS TO MRS. WINFREY, THIS IS A GREAT SHOW. SHE WANTS TO FOCUS ON WHY MORE
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| 01:01:16 |
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PEOPLE DON'T READ IN AMERICA. >> THE OTHER THING YOU WERE
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| 01:01:20 |
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SAYING THAT REMINDED ME OF THIS IS I DON'T KNOW IF I ACTUALLY SEE THIS AS A BIG ISSUE WITHIN PUBLISHING COMPANIES. I GET ALL OF THE BOOKS
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| 01:01:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT COME OUT EVERY YEAR. I DON'T SEE THERE'S A HUGE SHORTAGE OF INTELLIGENT, GOOD, OR CHALLENGING BOOKS. BUT THE SORT OF
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| 01:01:39 |
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REMARK ABOUT LOS ANGELES AND WE SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL. IT KIND OF TIES INTO THIS. I'M FROM SOUTHERN...
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| 01:03:15 |
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MAKING MOVIES -- THE QUESTION BECAME, HOW DO WE GET THE PEOPLE
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| 01:03:20 |
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WHO DON'T GO TO THE MOVIES TO GO TO THE
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| 01:03:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MOVIES? INEVITABLY, THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO THE MOVIES THAN PEOPLE WHO DO GO TO THE
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| 01:03:28 |
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MOVIES. YOU START TO MAKE MOVIES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO THE MOVIE, YOU START MAKING MOVIES THAT PEOPLE WHO LOVE MOVIES WON'T LIKE. BUT YOU CAN GET...
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| 01:05:40 |
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MILLION. AND IT IS BOTH -- IT'S A SELFISHNESS ON THE PART OF THE AUTHOR, THE AGENT, AND A STUPIDITY ON THE PART OF A PUBLISHER WHO PAYS THAT WHICH MEANS...
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| 01:06:37 |
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BROUGHT UP ALREADY. AND I AGREE
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| 01:06:39 |
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WITH ALL THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOWING IN THAT SURPRISED ME WHEN I LEARNED IT IS THEY...
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| 01:10:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE BESTSELLER LIST? AND WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
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| 01:10:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS -- IF YOU LOOKED AT THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOOK CLUBS, WHY DO YOU SEE A PREPONDERANCE OF WOMEN ON THAT, AND...
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| 01:10:59 |
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YEAH, BUT I FEEL THAT THE
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| 01:11:01 |
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IMPLICATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE BUDDHIST SAID EVERYONE LIVES THEIR OWN LIFE AND PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS AND INTERESTS. SOME PEOPLE...
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| 01:11:11 |
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AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL EVER BE ABLE TO --
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| 01:11:14 |
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ALTHOUGH YOU WANT TO BRING PEOPLE UP,
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| 01:11:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AS YOU SAY, TO READ A MORE
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| 01:11:18 |
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LITERARY, IN QUO
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| 01:11:20 |
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MATION -- IN QUOTATION MARKS, KIND OF BOOK, I THINK YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT INTERESTS. AND BOOK REVIEWS...
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| 01:11:57 |
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WOMENS JANUARY RASS, BUT TO GO BACK YET AGAIN TO THE GOD DAMN EDMOND WILSON ESSAY IN THE BACK ROOM AND SAY THIS IS CLASSIC LITERATURE, BUT THEY DON'T...
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| 01:12:43 |
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KNOW, -- I MEAN, YEAH, THERE'S KIND OF CONNECT THE DOTS GENERA STUFF IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS. BUT I WOULD BE REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW, MODERN...
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| 01:13:33 |
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TIME. I THINK IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. >> OH, NO. >>
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| 01:13:36 |
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I ALSO THINK THAT MEN DO NOT LIKE TO JOIN
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| 01:13:39 |
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CLUBS LIKE THAT. >> OR BOOK CLUBS MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW. >> HI. MY NAME IS EODIE. I HAVE HAD SOME GOOD FEELINGS
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| 01:13:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF YOU SPEAK. AND THEN AT THE VERY END,
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| 01:13:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I WAS UPSET. I'M A
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| 01:13:57 |
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LITERARY AGENT. AND I TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE REMARK ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND THE LITERARY AGENTS
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| 01:14:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAKING ALL THE MONEY SO THAT THE BOOKS
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| 01:14:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ARE HIGHER. FIRSTLY, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT KNOWN AROUND. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY. IT HAS TO DO WITH WRITING....
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| 01:17:09 |
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END OF THE ADVANCE SCALE SUCK UP ALL THE RESOURCES THAT COULD GO TO BOOKS THAT ARE MORE IN THE MIDDLE. >> I THINK TOO MANY BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED. EVERY...
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| 01:17:44 |
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THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON THAT THE BOOKS HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED OR REVIEWED, FOR THAT MATTER. >> I'D LIKE TO LET THIS BE THE LAST QUESTION. >> OK....
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| 01:18:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PERPLEXED
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| 01:18:14 |
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AT THE COMPLETE NEGATION OF IT IN REVIEWING. >> THE THING THAT I FIND FASCINATING ABOUT POETRY IS SO MANY PEOPLE WRITE IT AND SO FEW PEOPLE READ IT. IT'S...
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| 01:18:40 |
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AND ASK WHAT CONTEMPORARY POETS THEY LIKE, THEY SAY THEY DON'T READ THEM AT ALL. BUT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD BE PUBLISHED. I DON'T REALLY COVER IT. WE...
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| 01:19:55 |
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AND I HAVE NEVER IN THE 14 YEARS BEEN TOLD WHAT TO DO OR WHATNOT TO DO. THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE. I'D LIKE, THOUGH, TO SAY THAT WHEN WE HAVE...
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| 01:23:46 |
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TALKED ABOUT THAT. >> OK. MY BELIEF ABOUT THIS -- A TEACHER
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| 01:23:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF MINE SAID IT IN A INTERVIEW THAT THE CRITICS JOB IS TO PRAISE AND THE REST SHOULD BE SURROUNDED BY A WELL THOUGHT OUT
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| 01:24:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SILENCE. OK?
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| 01:24:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT I DO ON MY SHOW IS IMPLICIT. IF A BOOK IS ON THE
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| 01:24:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SHOW, IT'S
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| 01:24:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BECAUSE I LIKED
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| 01:24:08 |
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IT. IF A BOOK WASN'T ON THE SHOW, IT DIDN'T MEAN I DIDN'T LIKE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> YES. >> WE VOTE WITH OUR FEET OR SOMETHING? >> CAN I ALSO...
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| 01:24:33 |
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IMPRESSION WAS, WOW, THESE PEOPLE GET PAID
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| 01:24:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO GO TO RESTAURANTS AND WRITE ABOUT IT.
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| 01:24:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THEY ARE ACTING LIKE THEY'RE NOT HAVING ANY FUN AT ALL. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S -- SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING ANYTHING WHETHER...
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| 01:25:21 |
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ONE OF THE
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| 01:25:22 |
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MOST ATTRACTIVE QUALITIES IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO READ OR TO READ AUTHORS WE THINK ARE WORTH READING IS TO EXHIBIT THAT, YOU KNOW,...
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