Module 4 thoughts

The title "Nonfiction as Literature" intrigued me. What IS literature any way and who decides?  If you go into any Barnes and Noble, there is a fiction section and lots of different nonfiction sections. Then there is the elite "literature" section. Who decides what goes there? Though it's been updated many times, most recently 2006) On Writing Well was written 30 years ago. When Zinsser writes that "a few years ago..." it makes me wonder how long ago that actually was. Has his prediction come true? Has journalism been refined? I think so and blogging is one form that has gone from amateurs self-publishing to serious journalists who make their living writing what THEY want to write.