Richard Wheeler, an author of Western fiction who has a new blog, quotes Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post and then writes: “I have come to the same conclusion, and now avoid “literary” fiction as much as possible, preferring to read the better popular and genre fiction, which is filled with life and grace and power. I suppose every sort of fiction is published because there is a readership for it, and certainly there is a huge market for the literary species of fiction. In fact there is a symbiotic relationship. Jejune, self-absorbed and lifeless novels are read by jejune, self-absorbed and lifeless readers.”

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