Comments on: Le Guin tells it like it is http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is Writing and Reading. Commerce and Art. Fantasy and Science Fiction. Discuss. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erin Underwood http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-36170 Erin Underwood Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:51:32 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-36170 In this month's edition of "The Atlantic," there is a terrific article on MFA programs. It covers all of the general MFA information you'd expect to see and it mentions the emergence of MFAs in popular fiction. The mention is less then a few lines in a several page feature, but it's there! I think this is a very positive indication that genre fiction is beginning to get the attention that it so richly deserves in the field of "serious literature." The two universities mentioned as opening the door for YA and popular fiction (in the realm of graduate studies) are Stonecoast's low-residency MFA program and Seton Hill's low-residency MA program. As a current student at Stonecoast, I am overwhelmed by the high quality of the program, the excellent instructors, and the talent of my fellow students. I look forward to seeing how popular/genre fiction continues to prosper in the field of "serious literature". I think Ursula was right, they didn't bury the corpse nearly deep enough! In this month’s edition of “The Atlantic,” there is a terrific article on MFA programs. It covers all of the general MFA information you’d expect to see and it mentions the emergence of MFAs in popular fiction.

The mention is less then a few lines in a several page feature, but it’s there! I think this is a very positive indication that genre fiction is beginning to get the attention that it so richly deserves in the field of “serious literature.”

The two universities mentioned as opening the door for YA and popular fiction (in the realm of graduate studies) are Stonecoast’s low-residency MFA program and Seton Hill’s low-residency MA program. As a current student at Stonecoast, I am overwhelmed by the high quality of the program, the excellent instructors, and the talent of my fellow students.

I look forward to seeing how popular/genre fiction continues to prosper in the field of “serious literature”. I think Ursula was right, they didn’t bury the corpse nearly deep enough!

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-36042 Katharine Kerr Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:12:38 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-36042 Yes, hardly bitter, I'd say, especially since she puts a disclaimer at the bottom. Yes, hardly bitter, I’d say, especially since she puts a disclaimer at the bottom.

]]> By: Kate Elliott http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35999 Kate Elliott Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:52:51 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35999 Ken, I didn't read it as bitter. I read it as having fun. Ken, I didn’t read it as bitter. I read it as having fun.

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35990 Ken Houghton Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:41:28 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35990 Placing <em>Granta</em>, which has published Christopher Priest and Lawrence Norfolk (among others) in its Best British Novelist issues as the peak of the evil empire is revelatory, all right--but it speaks rather poorer of LeGuin than it does the magazine. (I realise this is the minority opinion in the genre, and that I will be duly and appropriately pilloried for it. I can live with that. Apparently Saint Ursula, who regularly appears in <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>Playboy</em>, and other high-paying markets has decided to make a late career move into being bitter. Placing Granta, which has published Christopher Priest and Lawrence Norfolk (among others) in its Best British Novelist issues as the peak of the evil empire is revelatory, all right–but it speaks rather poorer of LeGuin than it does the magazine.

(I realise this is the minority opinion in the genre, and that I will be duly and appropriately pilloried for it. I can live with that. Apparently Saint Ursula, who regularly appears in The New Yorker, Playboy, and other high-paying markets has decided to make a late career move into being bitter.

]]> By: Erin Underwood http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35875 Erin Underwood Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:05:52 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35875 Last week during my residency at Stonecoast, I got to read outloud Ursula Le Guin's response. It was fantastic~! There was much laughter! Last week during my residency at Stonecoast, I got to read outloud Ursula Le Guin’s response. It was fantastic~!

There was much laughter!

]]> By: Mary http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35834 Mary Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35834 I've been -- spreading it around. I’ve been — spreading it around.

]]> By: Beth B http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35828 Beth B Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:22:39 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35828 It was also in the latest <i>Ansible</i>, but yes, folks might miss it there, too, so spread the word! (And I like Granta, but that line had me spitting coffee all over the keyboard.) It was also in the latest Ansible, but yes, folks might miss it there, too, so spread the word!

(And I like Granta, but that line had me spitting coffee all over the keyboard.)

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35812 Katharine Kerr Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:51:53 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35812 It was the Jon Carrol column that made me aware of the Le Guin piece's existence. I figured others who don't get the Chronicle might miss it, too. It was the Jon Carrol column that made me aware of the Le Guin piece’s existence. I figured others who don’t get the Chronicle might miss it, too.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35804 Laurie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:34:08 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35804 Oh no, he committed genre? How... vulgar. *shudders delicately* Oh no, he committed genre? How… vulgar.

*shudders delicately*

]]> By: Madeleine Robins http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35751 Madeleine Robins Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:00:15 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/misc/le-guin-tells-it-like-it-is#comment-35751 When I read this to the household 17-year-old she asked, "What's Granta?" When I explained she shook her head. "Why would you want to publish <i>there." Ah, yout'.</i> When I read this to the household 17-year-old she asked, “What’s Granta?” When I explained she shook her head. “Why would you want to publish there.” Ah, yout’.

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