http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/literaryfiction Questions tagged with 'literaryfiction' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:15 -0800 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/100193/What%2Dbooks%2Dwould%2Dyou%2Drecommend%2Dfor%2Da%2DDavid%2DSchickler%2Dfan I'm looking for book recommendations along the lines of David Schickler's literary fiction. Fresh, tender, sweet, sexy, steamy, intimate, unabashedly earnest, contemporary literary romance. What has all that and more? I love Schickler's novels/stories for their tenderness, sincerity, and intimate approach to romantic love in the midst of a jaded/postmodern/disaffected world. But I don't really keep up with contemporary fiction, so I don't know where to look for likewise books. (Here's where you come in!)<br> <br> Contemporary fiction only, please. Newer the better! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.100193 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:15 -0800 book contemporaryfiction literaryfiction love novel recommendation romance Schickler cowbellemoo http://ask.metafilter.com/91759/What%2Dliterary%2Dfiction%2Dshould%2DI%2Dread I'm going back to college next fall, to attend an undergraduate creative writing program. What literary fiction should I read this summer to get up to speed? I am a voracious reader -- nonfiction, biography, genre fiction, young adult novels (which is what I write) -- but I don't read a lot of specifically <i>literary</i> fiction. I'd like to be conversant in current literary fiction, too. <br> <br> I've got all summer. Where should I start? For example, I'm waiting to get Junot Diaz' <i>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</i> from the library. <br> <br> Special bonus for stuff written by women and ethnicities and nationalities other than white American. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91759 Sun, 18 May 2008 17:23:42 -0800 literaryfiction sugarfish