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I enjoy reading a wide variety of things both Literary and not, but sometimes I come across a writer who isn't thought of as Literary and comes across to me as one. Take Octavia Butler for example, she's won some pretty major awards even outside of SFF awards; her work always deals with the questions of what being human means, race, and gender in some way or another. Far as I'm concerned, she does the same thing as Atwood does and is just as worthy of being called Literary.
I'm not asking why one is considered Lit and the other not, as I suspect starting audience is what plays most of the role with my given example. But I would like to know what writers other people may not consider Literary that you do.
So who isn't typically thought of as Lit that you consider to be Lit anyway, and why do you consider them Lit?
I'm not asking why one is considered Lit and the other not, as I suspect starting audience is what plays most of the role with my given example. But I would like to know what writers other people may not consider Literary that you do.
So who isn't typically thought of as Lit that you consider to be Lit anyway, and why do you consider them Lit?
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