不是我危言耸听,故弄玄虚。无论是在公开的场合还是在私下,都有人对杂文的生死表示担忧。这种担忧不是毫无道理。这些年来,专门刊登杂文的报刊越来越少,一些报刊虽然也在刊登杂文,但登出来的杂文越来越不像杂文,这样下去,杂文会不会名存实亡?然而,我对杂文不如此悲观。至少我认为杂文不会死去。杂文的特点决定它有一些特殊的阅读群体。笔者有几位朋友,他们多年来自费订阅《杂文月刊》等。有时看到一篇好的杂文,他们 Not my alarmist, get rid of mystery. Whether in public or in private, some expressed concern about the essay's life and death. This concern is not without reason. In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer newspapers and periodicals devoted to the publication of essays. Although some newspapers and periodicals publish essays as well, the essays they publish are less and less like essays. In this way, will essays not exist in name only? However, I am not so pessimistic about essays . At least I do not think essays will die. The characteristics of essays determine that it has some special reading groups. I have a few friends, who subscribe for many years, “essay monthly” and so on. Sometimes I see a good essay on them