Genre fiction gets a bad rap from some readers and critics because it often rigidly follows a set of formal conventions, from plot to character to prose, to satisfy reader expectations. One mark of literary fiction, in opposition to genre fiction, might be that the literary work disrupts or destabilizes these conventions (works that get called experimental tend … Continue reading Why I Abandoned Chad Harbach’s Over-Hyped Novel The Art of Fielding After Only 100 Pages