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…leagues relied on people to self-define whether the books they’d read as kids fit that description. But, by and large, he says genre fiction that features predictable characters and familiar plot lines — many romance or thriller novels, for example — doesn’t count. “Presenting things that are unfamiliar or complicated is a hallmark of literariness,” he says.
Can Reading Fiction Make You a Better Person?
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Cee R.
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It takes a small mind to discount the emotional complexity of genre fiction.
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Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr
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