The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art. Leslie Fiedler artcommodityfolk Change image and share on social
The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading. Leslie Fiedler anymorebellownovel Change image and share on social
Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein. Leslie Fiedler frailgertrudehemingway Change image and share on social
I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. Leslie Fiedler essayfinnegansfunny Change image and share on social
I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off. Leslie Fiedler bookcomplexdense Change image and share on social
It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and it doesn't say, Yours truly, at the end. Leslie Fiedler editionendfinn Change image and share on social
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible. Leslie Fiedler augustfaulknerincredible Change image and share on social
DeLillo never seems committed to me to what he is writing. Very nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath. Leslie Fiedler commitdelillonice Change image and share on social
When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer. Leslie Fiedler askcriticwriter Change image and share on social
There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola. Leslie Fiedler americanblueclass Change image and share on social
