About this episode

The episode discusses genre classification in relation to Karen Russell's novel 'THE ANTIDOTE' and its implications for fantasy and literary fiction.

After checking for a few minutes about the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities, we answer a reader question about genre as relates to Karen Russell’s THE ANTIDOTE, a novel that has both historical AND fantasy elements but which usually only gets talked about as “literary.” Is that a slight to fantasy? Does it show us something about the creation and marketing of genre? Are Memory Witches real? All this and more! Join us.

People in this episode

Hosts: Erik Hane, Laura Zats

Topics covered

• genre
• literary fiction
• fantasy
• historical elements
• marketing of genre

Keywords

• genre
• literary
• fantasy
• historical fiction
• Karen Russell
• THE ANTIDOTE
• Twin Cities
• Memory Witches

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE ANTIDOTE

Places: Twin Cities

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