Literary interests

I enjoyed Scott Timberg’s recent profile of Keith Gessen, Nathan Rich and Ed Park [“Young Authors Embrace the Thought Process,” April 20]. However, Timberg may have misled in writing that Gessen is possibly “the end of the line, the last of the bold, hungry, text-based thinkers.”

My experience is just the opposite -- more and more younger people are finding an interest in “classic” literary pursuits (as opposed to say, alternative or revolutionary ones).

I recently cofounded a small press here in Boston with several friends; we are all in our mid-20s, all concerned with literature and standards, tradition and experimentation. We run workshops, seminars, host events, attend lectures, and we don’t feel alone in this lifestyle, particularly.

Others around us have the same intentions, the same concern over the state of literature and literary journalism, the same desire to do something worthwhile and lasting.

Daniel Pritchard

Boston

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Pritchard is an editor, publisher and writer of the Wooden Spoon blog, at danpritch.blog spot.com