Genre seems ubiquitous. You walk into a bookstore and once you get past the tables at the front of the store, the rest of it is shelved neatly by genre. But have you ever thought about why stores do this or why you talk about the genre in which you write? Does genre matter? And is it okay to mix and mingle genres like making your own watercolor paints? Can genre actually be a limiting factor in your writing? I ponder these questions on today’s show.
Genre Is A Social Construct
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