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Leon Neyfakh

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The Next Next Level (AMA TODAY 12 PM PST)

A contemporary story of art, obsession, fame, ambition

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Joined on July 15th, 2015

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OK, thanks a lot, everyone! Now go buy the book :D http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-Level-Friendship-Almost/dp/161219446X

on The Next Next Level (AMA TODAY 12 PM PST)

5yr ago

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@lejlahunts If I understand the question correctly, I guess I would say that literature can be about anything! My mom, who grew up in the Soviet Union and is pretty culturally conservative, has trouble with the idea that a person can write "seriously" about pop culture. She makes very strict distinctions between "high" and "low" culture, but I don't think most young people in America really do at this point.

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5yr ago

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@_helpmeranda There was a good review of the book at The New Republic that quite fairly took me to task for suggesting that an artist's creativity has to come from destitution/suffering. I don't actually think it does, though I do think committing oneself to being an artist is inherently less safe than developing some set of professional skills and taking those to the job market. That's because I think art is kind of magic! And even those among us who are lucky enough to have it in them, like Juiceboxxx does, can lose it at any moment.

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