On Genre

Here is a great article to read from The New York Times. It talks about "highbrow," or literary, writing versus "lowbrow," or genre, writing. This article displays a lot of what I believe about literature: it shouldn't be some sort of exclusionary club, but it should be available and accessible by everyone. If I become a writer, I want to be a "lowbrow" writer, in the sense that I want my writing to be enjoyed, not philosophized or kept to a private group of readers.

"Great Literature? Depends Whodunit" by Charles McGrath, The New York Times, 3 February 2008