That is why sustaining our literary culture is not a luxury but a necessity. Novelists, poets, journalists and thinkers challenge our cosiness. They force us to see things differently, to identify with those we would otherwise ignore, and to find consolation in precious things.

That is why sustaining our literary culture is not a luxury but a necessity. Novelists, poets, journalists and thinkers challenge our cosiness. They force us to see things differently, to identify with those we would otherwise ignore, and to find consolation in precious things.