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I can't remember which week we discussed this, but one of the authors talked about new genres such as letters and today I came across something about new types of genres. I was reading More magazine and one of the articles was about "genre busters" and new literary forms. There were four books that they highlighted. One was part memoir part how-to. That book also includes quotes, quizes, and illustrations. Hearing what it included reminds me of the book, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". EL&IC had many of the same elements that cross genres. The second book they discussed was a fictionalized biography. the next was jounalism and journal entries and the last was a biography with primary sources and a social chronical told through lit. analysis.

The idea of new genres and mixing genres makes me think that this is the