Boswell's Life of Johnson

Supply and demand is what creates the balance of trade. Parity is usually what nation states who support the notion of homeostasis seek. In political terms “spheres of influence” was a word bandered about during the Cold War. The CIA toppled Mosedegh, Lumumba and Allende to keep the Soviets at bay. In microeconomic terms supply and demand determines the price of eggs and gas. The current regime came to power with promises of lower prices in goods. In micro micro comic terms this is the engine that drives the economics of culture. It is often hard for artists to realize they’re providing piece goods which stock the shelves of galleries and bookstores. What moves—not necessarily what’s good—defines an age as readily as tastemakers and critics—though the cross-pollination is ultimately what accounts for the commerce. In the field of publishing a readership has a writing cohort who are the suppliers of words. The little magazine are dead, literary criticism is dead. You can’t get read unless you’re reviewed. You can't be reviewed unless you're read. Sure the sociology of literature may have changed but it’s not been annihilated. Sure it’s difficult nigh impossible to find an agent. And yes publishers don’t look at unsolicited manuscripts, but it goes back to the price of eggs which have recently increased 50% due to bird flu.

listen to "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti

and read "An Incident of Defenestration" by Francis Levy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn