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4 Mar 2026 Conversations with Tyler Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“A lot of the 20th-century stuff that I’ve tried to read, I have not got very far with, and I don’t know whether that’s because my temperament is wrong or whether they’re overrated.”
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- Henry Oliver
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- 4 Mar 2026
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…No, no, I’m saying, what do you find overrated in American fiction? Oh, I see. A lot of the 20th-century stuff that I’ve tried to read, I have not got very far with, and I don’t know whether that’s because my temperament is wrong or whether they’re overrated. I’m suspicious of some of these big white male writers that people want to revive at the moment. I think if you’re a wealthy country with a lot of people and you dominate academia, many of your writers will end up overrated.…
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