tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post832929005107604680..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: The YarnMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-20321111323499053502015-08-25T17:36:53.962-04:002015-08-25T17:36:53.962-04:00Thanks for letting me know. Not sure how I missed...Thanks for letting me know. Not sure how I missed it. It's now on my Stitcher. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-34200434751988732442015-08-25T09:58:02.807-04:002015-08-25T09:58:02.807-04:00I'm totally with you Franki. I've never be...I'm totally with you Franki. I've never been a listener of podcasts but I fell in love with The Yarn.<br /><br />I agree with you about it being its own genre. Have you read the book Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone by Cathy Fleischer and Sarah Andrew-Vaughan? According to them, genre is much more expansive than we tell students. Anything with a structure and conventions can be a genre. A restaurant menu can be a genre of writing. An author bio is a genre of writing. So yes, I would say The Yarn has created its own new genre of writing. :) Beth S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com