Comments on: Who is an American Black, Catholic or Jewish Writer? http://www.catholicfiction.net/2009/12/11/who-is-an-american-black-catholic-or-jewish-writer/ news, views & reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debra Murphy http://www.catholicfiction.net/2009/12/11/who-is-an-american-black-catholic-or-jewish-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-16789 Debra Murphy Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:41:18 +0000 http://www.catholicfiction.net/?p=1011#comment-16789 The "broader appeal" question is an interesting one! Flannery also used to complain that Catholics "can't read" (fiction) or that Catholic readers were too often "militant morons". Articles have been written in publishing magazines suggesting that educated Catholic readers tend to read more widely in mainstream areas whereas more fundamentalist Christians tend to stick to what they view as "safe" books, published by CBA publishers and available in Christian stores. <div><br /></div><div>If anyone finds a definitive answer to this mystery, I know a whole lotta Catholic publishers that would pay for the secret!</div> The “broader appeal” question is an interesting one! Flannery also used to complain that Catholics “can’t read” (fiction) or that Catholic readers were too often “militant morons”. Articles have been written in publishing magazines suggesting that educated Catholic readers tend to read more widely in mainstream areas whereas more fundamentalist Christians tend to stick to what they view as “safe” books, published by CBA publishers and available in Christian stores. 
If anyone finds a definitive answer to this mystery, I know a whole lotta Catholic publishers that would pay for the secret!
]]> By: Gunter http://www.catholicfiction.net/2009/12/11/who-is-an-american-black-catholic-or-jewish-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-16563 Gunter Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.catholicfiction.net/?p=1011#comment-16563 Flannery tells it like it is: that's a great quote.  That's true about the "saved" fiction too, but I never thought of it before.  Is it elistist to say Fundamentalist fiction has a broader appeal because it is low-brow?  Probably, my wife says I'm a snob. Flannery tells it like it is: that’s a great quote.  That’s true about the “saved” fiction too, but I never thought of it before.  Is it elistist to say Fundamentalist fiction has a broader appeal because it is low-brow?  Probably, my wife says I’m a snob.

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