http://subjectobject.net/2007/09/25/readers-advisory/ Steven Chabot Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://subjectobject.net/2007/09/25/readers-advisory/comment-page-1/#comment-74667 Sarah Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:39:13 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2007/09/25/readers-advisory/#comment-74667 The reality lies somewhere in between. Some of the best writing being done today is in "genre" fiction, which, judging from this post, doesn't seem to have gotten past its tired old definition as something akin to Mickey Spillane and Rosemary Rogers. To put Joyce Saricks on one end of the spectrum is absolutely ludicrous. This is one of the problems of having library schools staffed by faculty who have never worked in a public library. The reality lies somewhere in between. Some of the best writing being done today is in “genre” fiction, which, judging from this post, doesn’t seem to have gotten past its tired old definition as something akin to Mickey Spillane and Rosemary Rogers. To put Joyce Saricks on one end of the spectrum is absolutely ludicrous. This is one of the problems of having library schools staffed by faculty who have never worked in a public library.

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