"For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most useful."

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For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even though you find no other soul to agree with you, and if you dislike a book you must declare that it is not literature though a million voices should shout you that you are wrong. The ultimate decision will be made by Time.

— Ford Madox Ford