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murielm99

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2. I am a retired public librarian.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:44 AM

Dec 30

Of course we have to keep up with current fiction. But biographies are always in demand, right up there with the best sellers. When we take our selection courses, we learn how to select biographies for our readers. This may not be a citation, but it was always true in my experience.

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Is Biography the Core Genre of Literature? [View all] GreatGazoo Dec 30 OP

No, it is not the core. I also have a hard time believing biographies outsell other forms FSogol Dec 30 #1

I am a retired public librarian. murielm99 Dec 30 #2

From early on, I read about colonial America. cachukis Dec 30 #3

James Loewen says in "Lies My Teacher Told Me" that GreatGazoo Dec 30 #4

Thanks. cachukis Dec 30 #5

I don't know if I would call it an expose GreatGazoo Dec 30 #7

Once had an English teacher who remarked, cachukis Dec 30 #9

I like biographies because Sneederbunk Dec 30 #6

Me too. GreatGazoo Dec 30 #8

I like biographies, particularly biographies of writers. LisaM Jan 1 #10

Yes - "when the author tends to conflate GreatGazoo Jan 2 #11

I meant when the biographer can't separate the biography LisaM Jan 2 #12

I see. I misunderstood GreatGazoo Jan 2 #13