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1 day ago by Kids Books

The amazing surfeit of children’s books produced, printed and pushed onto the shelves every year threatens to eclipse some of the more exceptional and profound contributions to children’s literature - I am speaking of the classics here. While some classics are endearing, simply because they speak to ...

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3 days ago

In a new interview, author Alain de Botton explained that he never expected (and regretted) that his comments on a book critic's blog would reach a "large audience" via the Internet. Literary blogger Edward Champion interviewed the author about his unexpected headlines--de Botton had left a passiona ...

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4 days ago

Following yesterday's posts about authors confronting critics on the Internet, Salon.com writer Mary Elizabeth Williams published a fascinating history of the critic-bashing genre. The story collected of other notable literary feuds from the 21st Century: Dave Eggers' email exchange with a NY Times ...

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5 days ago

In the 21st Century, can one bad print review spoil years of hard work? Following yesterday's Twitter-versy about a Boston Globe book review, another author railed against a book critic online. According to the LA Times, author Alain de Botton left an angry message in the comments section of Caleb C ...

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6 days ago

Alice Hoffman has a new novel out, and The Boston Globe reviewed it yesterday—freelance critic Roberta Silman, though describing herself as a fan of Hoffman's "gifts of precise prose and the ability to create sympathetic characters" in previous novels like Illumination Point, said The Story Sisters ...

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9 days ago by Comrade Cat

I'm inclined to think my not understanding the characters of the book I previously talked about is me not understanding humans. There is enough of a cultural difference that some things talked about don't mean much to me, but women's internal states of mind about relationships seems more the sort of ...

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9 days ago by Comrade Cat

Amber & Bob have engaged in more nose sniffing. Soon they'll be cuddling each other on the gaming tables! I wish I could take Bob home . . . His belly is very soft to stroke. I'm reading a collection of mainstream fiction stories, written by a young woman who wrote an amazing novel while she was in ...

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10 days ago

Even though half the country has been buried under clouds, rainstorms, and generally gloomy weather patterns, blogger David Gutowski has created a gigantic list of more than 100 summer reading lists like good luck charms to bring back summer. Gutowski runs the literary music blog, Largehearted Boy, ...

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12 days ago

Pondering the merger of the William Morris and Endeavor agencies, New Yorker writer Willing Davidson wonders how the merger will affect the salaries of assistants at the literary and talent agencies. The post examines the connection between internships and literary production. It's a good question f ...

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15 days ago by Bella Stander

Better than a thousand words--and ditto for movies: see more Funny Graphs

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