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April 17, 2012
Men at War 5
by Nick Ripatrazone
Belief in surviving POWs “could be regarded as the closest thing we have to a national religion.” It is still difficult for me to read the questions that Gordo’s parents typed on the flyer: “Did you know our son?” “Which camp was he in?” “How was he treated?” “Do you know if our son received any of our mail?”
April 16, 2012
Thinking of pitching 33 1/3? 1
by Emily M. Keeler
If you’ve ever thought you’d like to write a book on a beloved album for the 33 1/3 series you might find RJ Wheaton’s reflections on the pitch process of definite interest. For the record, he wrote the one on Portishead’s Dummy.
April 16, 2012
2012: The Year With No Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 19
by Nick Moran
For the first time since A River Runs Through It failed to win in 1977, no award was given in the Fiction category.
April 16, 2012
I want to feel what I feel. Even if it’s not happiness 0
by Emily M. Keeler
Toni Morrison gives a devastating interview in The Guardian.
April 16, 2012
A primer on the vast, ever-expanding universe of smut 0
by Emily M. Keeler
If 50 Shades of Grey is not quite up your alley but you’re looking to read more shameless smut, then you’re in luck. New York magazine has compiled a field guide for the trepidatious romance reader. And there are infographics!
April 16, 2012
It’s not plagiarism… it’s angloglobalisation? 0
by Emily M. Keeler
On the London Review of Books blog, Kaya Genç makes the case that the similarities between the successful Turkish author Elif Şafak’s work and Zadie Smith’s books is a fact of Turkey’s shifting cultural values rather than plagiarism: “Istanbul, the city Shafak returned to after writing her book in London and the setting for many [...]
