Ursula K. Le Guin: On Despising Genres.“Only somebody who really reads in that field, really knows that field, can do [segregated shelving]. An expert. The reputation of the publisher means little any more: all big publishers are intensely commercial, most are subsidiaries of corporations that have no interest whatever in literature; their lists are controlled by Barnes and Noble and Borders; their books are principally chosen not by editors but by the accounting department.”Have I mentioned lately just how much I love this woman?
