Lydia Millet (Credit: Jade Beall) I’ve spent years writing books. Novels, no less. And for what? I’m turning my hand to the one thing that pays. Sex LYDIA MILLET It seems to me that the time for subtlety, in our American life, has passed. Do we look for subtlety in news media nowadays? In pop music? In fashion? In TV, movies? Even in visual art, is subtlety what we seek out and richly reward? Do we seek delicate phraseology in politics or other forms of public life? We do not. Why, then, is literary fiction, that boutique culture where I’ve … Continue reading Porn is the secret of my future success