Connoisseurship is unavoidable

I was in the grocery story the other day and I looked at the apple display and was like, "Eww, red delicious, what's the appeal? Are there people who want apples that taste like wax? Or is it just the color?"

And then I was like oh my god, I'm an apple snob. This is how it happens. You just consume enough of something that you become jaded with entry-level experiences and go searching for more refined ones, and then you start to look down on the entry-level ones. It is unavoidable!

Published by Naomi Kanakia

I'm a novelist and literary critic. I have books forthcoming from Feminist Press, Princeton University Press and HarperTeen. I've previously published two YA novels (HarperTeen and Little, Brown) and a cynical guide to the publishing industry.