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LitNotes: Up Is Down, Down Is Up...
September 14, 2007
But What If It's All True?: I don't know if I can handle reading Bright Shiny Morning, the new James Frey novel that Jonathan Burnham's acquired for HarperCollins. I just don't like being betrayed by fiction, and I would hate to get all invested in a character, only to find out he actually lived...
Suffragette City: Eight out of nine prizes in Britain's New Writing Ventures Awards went to women. Judge Henry Sutton (literary editor of the Daily Mirror), was quoted as being "surprised and saddened" when he realised that no men even made the shortlist. "I was shocked when I realised that all three were women," he said. "I've never believed in a difference of the sexes when it comes to literary talent, but there does seem to be a broader appeal in what women are writing than men." Henry, see what happens when you give them the vote???
Book Critics, Bitch Slapping: It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world when the NBCC members who are usually busy getting upset at the whole concept of litblogging start sniping at each other, as they do in the comments on this entry by Jane Ciabattari on whether or not litbloggers should be held to a code of ethics. But thank you, Ed Champion, for calling yourself "someone who swings both ways" (reviewing for print as well as online) -- my snort for the day.
Posted by Bethanne Patrick on September 14, 2007 | Comments (5)
