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no such thing as a good book

2025-10-14 19:46:20.272777+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Quote tweeting ‪Rachel Feder‬ ‪@rachelfeder.bsky.social‬

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

jessamyn ‪@librarian.bsky.social‬ wrote

There is no such thing as a good book. Every book should find its readers and the canon is basically used to reinforce cultural hegemony to this day and it's a problem.

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