--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Mark D. Nevins" <nevins_mark@...>
wrote:
> Mark Nevins
> Who wonders if the occasional anti-academic tone on this List is
symptomatic of something even deeper . . .
>
I agree with Mark and, like him, I don't get the anti-academic slant
of some posts on this list. Just as people complain that academics
tend to make sweeping generalizations about genre fiction, the idea
that all "literary" novels are boring, plot-less, and excessively
introspective is equally simplistic and, if nothing else, betrays a
lack of intellectual curiosity. Some of these "serious" writers might
get good press from book critics (very few of them, actually) but I'm
sure most of them feel just as marginalized as genre authors who don't
see their book reviewed on the N.Y. Times, make as little or even less
money than most genre writers, and look at the promotional budget for
the next James Patterson book with the same envy as mid-list genre
authors.
I'm sure this has been pointed out before but it can't be said often
enough.
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