Letters to the Editor
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This.
You know lately (or maybe always) it's seemed that the letters section here has been filled with invective about how lame the articles are, about how the readers "don't need this from Salon." I won't pretend that they never have a point or, even, that I haven't chimed in. But I do want to take the opportunity to say that this is what I want in Salon. This is what I pay for. Intelligent and reflective stories that are informed by literature and recognize the complex and meaningful role media plays in life. I usually say that I read Salon for articles about books and the literary world, but I can see that's not quite it. I read it to be in and around the work and opinions of others for who reading is a constant presence, people like me who secretly want their lives to have the cadences and dramatic movement of literature.