In my first post I challenged you for The Great American Novel. Absurd, I know, but there is a story I wish to share with you. To tell my story to its fullest capacity and efficacy, I have to challenge your understanding of what constitutes a Great American Novel. However, I want to retain a…
Category: GAN Vision
If you’ve read any of the posts from the imprint blog or my personal blog, you might’ve noticed something. Nothing from the series has been published, and there isn’t anything remotely close to “critical acclaim” for my work, yet here I am talking on and on about The Great American Novel. It’s almost like I’m…
In my last blog post, I shared my understanding of how the myth came to be. In this blog post I want to focus on sharing my perspective on the myth of The Great American Novel as a whole. While there are varying forms of myths, what I find particularly interesting about the GAN is…
As you know there is a reason that The Great American Novel is interwoven into my rhetoric and the imprint as a whole. I challenge you for it. I’ll always be the first to admit that I completely understand that it’s a ridiculous notion for someone to challenge others for the GAN. But, whenever I…
Over the last few years I’ve dedicated a lot of time researching what The Great American Novel is and how it’s been achieved. I’ve learned that there are certain requisites we expect from it: There are other aspects we typically look for including notability, ubiquity, or morality as they relate to our culture and identity…