Dark Forces by Stephen King6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() (I recommend this hilarious essay about the experience of reading It.) Some of the contention has originated with King himself-in his aggressive acceptance speech upon winning the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, he admitted to early bitterness about literary writers and called readers of literary fiction “out of touch with their own culture.” To which Shirley Hazzard, winning the National Book Award for fiction that year, responded, essentially: slow your roll. Despite (or perhaps because of) his relentless success, there have been many conversations over the years about whether Stephen King is a “ great writer” or not. Stephen King-prolific writer, mega-bestseller, living author with the most film adaptations to his name, crowned king of horror but by no means limited to that genre-turns 70 today. ![]()
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