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title: "3 Fiction Kinds Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Fiction Kinds quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Fiction Kinds sayings and thoughts."
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> [ \[Michael\] Chabon, who is himself a brash and playful and ebullient genre-bender, writes about how our idea of what constitutes literary fiction… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-barton/michael-chabon-who-is-himself-a-brash-and-playful-and-ebullient-genre/)

[Emily Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-barton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/emily-barton-18422_all-kinds_michael-chabon-who-is-himself-a-brash-an_1676238.jpg)

> [There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hari-kunzru/there-s-an-explosion-of-indian-fiction-of-all-kinds-from-military/)

[Hari Kunzru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hari-kunzru/)

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> [In fact, one of the things that I really love about literary fiction is that it's one of the few kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/in-fact-one-of-the-things-that-i-really-love-about-literary-fiction/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/barbara-kingsolver-200_advertising_in-fact-one-of-the-things-that-i-really_3094748.png)

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