This is a kind yet cogent and analytical rebuttal. Something isn't just weird fiction because it is surreal or has something weird in it. I kinda side eyed that original essay for its category errors.
Jeff VanderMeer
“We’re interested in aesthetic weirdness that exceeds the bounds of what typically gets described as ‘weird.’”
The editors of the anthology "New Queer Weird" respond to a recent LARB essay: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/letter-editor-new-qweird-megan-milks-amber-dawn/
