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The rise of the 'Adderall novel': How our attention spans are changing the way authors write

LA Times 1 min read 2 days ago

<p>Why the latest literary trend favors short, punchy prose over epics. Novelists Anika Jade Levy and Jenny Offill weigh in.</p>
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