Do people actually care about who wrote their book? Being a woman, black and so on? I don't even pay attention to the author.
>>24774205Nope. Which is why it's so pathetic no one reads women authors. It proves they can't write well.
I do if the author has a legitimately interesting life story, like Genet or Chandler. couldn't care less when it's Iowa school industrial complex Atlantic contributor no.27493628378 but with funny name
>>24774205>woman>black>jew>gaySkipped! There’s only so much time in life and we can’t waste it reading subpar books
>>24774205Books are written by gods through men
>>24774205I used to not care. Then I tried reading some female authors. Now I care that my book is written by a man. Beyond that, no.
>>24774211There is something to this. I think they're just sleepy.
>>24774205Only 4chan users
>>24774205Usually the work of art is a reflection of the artist. Unless it's slop, in that case it's just whatever the market needs at the moment. I don't discriminate authors, yet you should learn about them before reading them.
>>24775040>yet you should learn about them before reading themHard disagree. You learn about them from the testimony of the pages. It’s all there in what they wrote. All that counts, anyway.
>>24774205If you're talking about contemporary writers, then you're subscribing to wokeism. When a black or female writer is published today, it's because of their identity rather than any notable talent. That's why I stick to the dead ones: they predate wokeism.
>>24775040I usually just read history so I don't think the author matters that much. It's really only recognition, like I know John Haldon because he writes on most stuff about 7-8th century Byzantium or has some hand in it and that's what interested me.
>>24774205I judge authors by their early life section. No not to see if they are Jews but to see if they did anything unique, outstanding or rebellious in their youth. Those are the only authors worth to be read.
>>24774205it's too late, anyway. (((The Beast AI System))) is about to steal all your identities.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQRo3Uz_VQ
>>24775110Modern publishing is replete with "rebellious" authors who are really just seeking publicity. Rebellion has become the new conformity.
it depends
>>24774205Yes. I do not read books written by women or blacks and especially not a black woman
>>24774205Yes, I care.
>>24775050"He had at most five minutes of life left. He said that those five minutes were an endless deadline, a colossal wealth. It seemed to him that he lived so many lives in those five minutes that he had no time to think about the final moment, and he even had to attend to different matters. He calculated the time necessary to say goodbye to his comrades and set aside a couple of minutes for that purpose. Then he allotted another two minutes to think about himself one last time and to look around one last time."This hits different after you learn Dostoyevsky was about to get executed but was saved in the last minute>>24775102Does history count as art?
>>24775040Learning about Corncob, Hemingway and Ellroy absolutely killed my interest in them
>>24774205I don't know anything about any of the authors I read other than the incredibly famous ones you'd know just by walking out the door. Still don't know who that philosopher cartoon image is that gets posted here everyday.
>>24774205I look up some basic information on the author before reading like where they're from and when they were born I guess.I will admit that the most insightful philosophy books I've read were written by leftist intellectuals heavily influenced by Marxism. And obviously you can't judge the content before reading it.Then again, if the author is bongowongo zumbabwe or a female name I don't read it, I only read White/Jewish male authors.
>>24774205When I read a fiction book, I look up the synopsis and what it's supposedly trying to say before reading it. If it's an expository book, just looking at the table of contents and the blurb on the back should be more than enough to determine if it's nonsense or not. If I have the time, then I look up the writer - though I don't really do it all that often. Dismissing a book out of hand just because of who wrote it is intellectually irresponsible. Even reading people you don't like can enlighten you in the sense of "knowing your enemy".
>>24774793This is a common redditism as well, but instead of saying women bad the say you are bad for not reading women
I have no idea why /lit/, /mu/ and /tv/ are so proud of being ignorant of artists
>>24774205I genuinely believe my life has been altered for the worse by not realizing how ugly the authors of certain books were.
