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Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
What Is Literary Fiction and Why Does It Exist?
The best literary fiction does is explore human behavior and reveal truths about human beings that are sometimes uncomfortable. I think the job of literary fiction is to capture life as it is through the opinion of the author that's also reflecting how it happens in real life. You can learn things from novels all the time, but i honestly think that you are opening up your brain and heart and body more to acquiring more when you go in saying, let me see how this book works on men. Just let it for a little bit. There'se so many books that have really sat with me, and i like them more astime goes on. And i think that's as i am a great book.
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