 First edition cover of the expanded essay. | |
| Author | Brian Reynolds Myers |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary criticism |
| Publisher | Melville House Publishing |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 149 (including endnotes) |
| ISBN | 0-9718659-0-6 |
| OCLC | 50243166 |
| 818/.08 21 | |
| LC Class | PS362 .M94 2002 |
A Reader's Manifesto is a 2002 book by B. R. Myers[1] expanded from his essay in the July/August 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.[2] Myers criticized what he saw as the growing pretentiousness of contemporary American literary fiction,[3] especially in contrast to genre fiction.[4]