“I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors.” KnowsBookFallThreeFictionHavensMinesCoupleScience FictionContemporaryEnjoyedGenreCategoriesRealisticSci FiHistoricRealistic Fiction Author:Lois Lowry
“The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization.” KnowsFormNationsLossIdentityDefeatContemporaryInevitableColonizationNational Identity Author:Slobodan Milosević
“While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art.” KnowsArtTodayBeautifulSpiritualConstantDenyContemporaryUrgesSuspectsSublimeResistingContemporary Art Author:Ian Hornak