Genre???

I don't know about anyone else but I am having trouble with the Miller selection that was assigned for Tuesday.  I consider myself to be fairly intelligent, but am having a hard time understanding this piece. 

She does alot of comparisons of how other authors define genre and I think that is where the main difficulty comes.  She jumps around throwing out different names and quotes.  I just find that confusing.

I am going to give it one more try before class tomorrow to gain some understanding of the material so that I can contribute to the in-class discussion.

Just curious to hear what others think of this piece.