This amateur attitude makes writing the most misunderstood activity. What breathtaking arrogance. It falls into even sharper contrast in light of how this arti

This amateur attitude makes writing the most misunderstood activity. What breathtaking arrogance. It falls into even sharper contrast in light of how this article is written with at best dry competence. Perhaps I'm too harsh, but coincidentally I today had the experience of being utterly sucked into some writing on a subject about which I cared nothing by the sheer talent of the writer after I stumbled across "Stranger in the Village" by James Baldwin.