AWP 2013: That Genre Thing Again

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A guest blog from Kathleen Stone:


Fiction/nonfiction: what’s the difference?  If there’s a difference, does it matter?  And either way, what responsibility does the author have to readers and subjects? 


By the third day of AWP, I thought I couldn’t bear to hear these questions discussed.  I thought Lawrence Weschler’s observation about narrative voice and the division of the world between those who know it’s a fiction and those who don’t had been chewed over enough to last me a lifetime. 


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Writer's choice to label or not to label was a good conclusion in my humble opinion!
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Published on March 16, 2013 12:10
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