THE FEED: DEC 6TH

What we're reading:

We are all writers now
(New York Times): Figment.com is a new experiment in online literature; a free platform for young people to read and write fiction on computers and mobiles

Books after Amazon
(Boston Review): "What happens when an industry concerned with the production of culture is beholden to a company with the sole goal of underselling competitors?"

Time for Bob Dylan to retire?
(Wall Street Journal): His voice was never conventionally pretty, but "lately he's been sounding like a scatting Cookie Monster"

Today's quote:

"Today, online, everyone is a writer. Words have become a cheap bumper crop of little distinction. That’s a problem for the rarefied world of print. And now because of social networking, with its language of 'Likes' and 'Fans,' everyone is also a critic. Therein lies the particular crisis for critics in print."

~ James Panero, "My Jerry Saltz Problem" (New Criterion)

(Via The Economist)

Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com