Benjamin Roesch

Tag: Roxanne Gay

  • Post #19: Best of Lists and Middle Class White Guys

    Here’s a couple of articles I found thought provoking.  The first, by Roxane Gay, examines the “Best of…” lists that have become such a part of what establishes literary “excellence.”  Gay makes a compelling case regarding their legitimacy and usefulness. http://therumpus.net/2011/12/toward-a-more-complete-measure-of-excellence/ The second is by Benjamin Hale, a writer who…