And yet in this age of the sound bite, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, multitasking and new media, the books that commercial publishers seem to want to publish…are for the most part the intellectual equivalent of a meal at Burger King or Taco Bell.
David Rieff, whose insight I’d like to have printed on little cards as a succinct response to idle inquiries about why my book “isn’t done yet.” Because, how ever this godforsaken thing turns out, I can promise you it won’t come with fucking french fries.

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