So .....you think Mike Royko is a "writer". Or, maybe, Will Rogers. Or Lewis Grizzard.
Edgar Allan Poe. Now we're talking about a REAL writer!
Just TRY getting through one of HIS short stories. You're barely through Page One before you find yourself straining to comprehend a graphic description of the inside of a castle-size mansion wherein one of the main characters reside, rife with all manners of metaphor colorfully, fluently, and eloquently presented in utmost intricacy.
Not to mention a lot of the wording is dated, guaranteed to be baffling to those not well-seasoned in the styles of 19th-century slang and vernacular.
But, most of all----our attention span these days is a total "club zero". Almost nonexistent. And it takes not only total concentration but a strong aptitude for unbridled focus to even begin to have the slightest hope of ever being able to digest any of his works.
Edgar Allan Poe. Now we're talking about a REAL writer!
Just TRY getting through one of HIS short stories. You're barely through Page One before you find yourself straining to comprehend a graphic description of the inside of a castle-size mansion wherein one of the main characters reside, rife with all manners of metaphor colorfully, fluently, and eloquently presented in utmost intricacy.
Not to mention a lot of the wording is dated, guaranteed to be baffling to those not well-seasoned in the styles of 19th-century slang and vernacular.
But, most of all----our attention span these days is a total "club zero". Almost nonexistent. And it takes not only total concentration but a strong aptitude for unbridled focus to even begin to have the slightest hope of ever being able to digest any of his works.
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