Oh yeah, neither writer reads blogs — Wallace apparently for the same reason he doesn’t read reviews (they mess with his mind) and Moody because they seem too rushed, preferring the conferred, steeped dignity of editors & slower printed publications.

— an account of a recent conversation between Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace in San Francisco

After lowering their hackles, the t&p editorial collective has been pondering Moody’s rather sweeping judgement. We are thinking of adding a professional editor to our staff so that we can legitimately include the following claim in our annual subscription drive:

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