John Parsley, VP & Editor-In-Chief, Dutton Books, recently penned a “Recommends” column for Poets & Writers, addressing the compulsion to classify books. “One of my biggest pet peeves is the pressure to classify a book as either literary or commercial,” Parsley writes. “Is literary code for quality? Is commercial code for entertaining? Are they codes for highbrow or lowbrow, accessible or challenging, better or worse, fun or worthwhile, timeless or of-the-moment?” Continue reading →