American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature has always been immigrant.

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature

I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.