The Fictions of 9/11: Are We Finally Able to Write About This?
Sunday, September 10th, 2006If it is true that tragedy can fuel great art, then there would seem to be no bigger engine for contemporary fiction than September 11, 2001. By any measure, 9/11 is the defining event of our time, and any picture of our society is incomplete without it. Yet the writing that immediately followed the attacks seemed unwilling to address the tragedy head-on.