Read More: Genre Kryptonite

GENRE KRYPTONITE is a regular feature about genres we have an inexplicable weak spot for. Check out previous entries here.

Posted by
Emily Gatlin
May 17, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

African Literature Revisited

After my post Genre Kryptonite: African Literature, I was floored with feedback and wanted to follow … Read the full post

Posted by
Emily Gatlin
March 25, 2013
2 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: African Literature

I never thought I would call African Literature “my jam!” but I had an outstanding teacher. As … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 20, 2013
1 Comment MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: The Modern Gothic

This is a guest post from Jeanette Solomon. Jeanette lives in a world made of words. She has an MA … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 19, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Metafictional Children’s Literature

This is a guest post by Minh Le. Minh works in early childhood policy and helped design 826DC‘s … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 18, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Books About Libraries

This is a guest post from Jonathan Streeter. Jonathan is a husband, the father of three young children, … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 17, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Christian Spiritual Memoirs

Kate Scott blogs about books at ParchmentGirl.com and is a reviewer for The Vessel Project. Follow … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 16, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Hard Sci-Fi, The Ultimate “Howdunit”

This is a guest post by Mike Sowden. Mike is an English travel writer and storytelling consultant, … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 15, 2013
1 Comment MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Novels by Poets

This is a guest post from Sean Bell. Sean s a Scots-Irish-Armenian writer based in Edinburgh. His … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 14, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: LGBT Young Adult Novels

This is a guest post by Jill Guccini. Jill is an educator and writer living in Portland, Oregon with … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 13, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Ruritanian Romances

This is a guest post from Tasha Brandstatter. Tasha is an art historian and freelance writer who … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 11, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Publishing Satires

This is a guest post from Andrew Shaffer. Andrew is the author of “Literary Rogues,” … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 10, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Science Fiction Takes on the Entertainment Industry

This is a guest post by Derek Attig. Derek is a graduate student in History at the University of … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
March 6, 2013
4 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Badass Female Revenge Thrillers

This is a guest post by Rachel Smalter Hall. Rachel grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in a family of … Read the full post

Posted by
Rioter in Residence
February 18, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Novels of Female Friendship

This is a guest post by our current Rioter in Residence, Kevin Smokler. Kevin is the author of forthcoming … Read the full post

Posted by
Kim Ukura
January 23, 2013
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Graphic Memoirs

I love to read memoirs, but the one subgenre, if you will, that I tend to avoid is the dysfunctional … Read the full post

Posted by
Community
January 17, 2013
1 Comment MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Religious Fiction

This is a guest post by Preeti Chhibber. Preeti is a social media wizard for Scholastic Book Clubs. … Read the full post

Posted by
Jeff
December 12, 2012
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Nuns & Priests

Greg’s recent post about catholicism in literature jarred me into a heretofore unknown realization: … Read the full post

Posted by
Greg Zimmerman
November 20, 2012
2 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Dysfunctional Families (Under-the-Radar Edition)

Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins, a heartbreaking(ly wonderful) story about a dysfunctional … Read the full post

Posted by
Loyal Miles
October 25, 2012
1 Comment MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

The Whites of Their Eyes: 3 Books of War History

Day breaks in backwoods countryside, a landscape of shallow ravines, creeks and ponds, peach and cherry … Read the full post

Posted by
Kit Steinkellner
October 15, 2012
0 Comments MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

Genre Kryptonite: Tortured Artists and the People Who Love Them

I tend to hardcore eye-roll when a novel is about a novelist and a screenplay features a screenwriter … Read the full post