An English professor spends her summers writing low-brow romance novels that sell directly to paperback. She writes under a fictional name because she is embarrassed to admit to her colleagues and students how she earns the extra money for foreign vacations. The professor is correct in her concern that she is serving customer needs that are objectively inferior and bad.

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This statement judges the literary tastes of customers, which is subjective. The professor is making a living, and there is nothing inherently wrong with writing romance novels or using a pseudonym. It is up to individual preference what type of literature one likes to read.

An English Professor Spends Her Summers Writing Low-Brow Romance Novels