Vance will not run for Senate
On Friday, multiple outlets reported that author J.D. Vance had announced that he would not run for Senate in Ohio. As just one example, here is the way that CNN covered the writer’s statement. Propelled by the success of his book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis, Vance became…
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The Ice Wagon’s Wheels Come Off: Mavis Gallant and Sadia Shepard in The New Yorker
Yesterday I learned that an short story featured in the January 8, 2018 issue of The New Yorker??Foreign-Returned? by Sadia Shepard?bore a more than casual resemblance to the late Mavis Gallant?s story, ?The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street.? (Gallant?s story was also originally published in a 1963 issue of The New Yorker.) Francine Prose,…
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How the Milo edits benefit us all
The lawsuit that Milo Yiannopolous filed against Simon & Schuster is available for viewing, which means you can read his book without purchasing it, in case you’re interested but don’t want to contribute to his cause. Click here to see the exhibits. Publishing industry observers have focused on editor Mitchell Ivers’ more aggressive comments about…
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The 6 Top Best Most Anticipated Books of 2018
?Tis the season for the ?Top.? ?Best,? and ?Most Anticipated? books of 2018. (Personally, I?d like there to be a ?Least Anticipated,” as those are the ones that I bet will have the most gems, but I don?t think anyone wrote that.) I?ve gathered a list from several sources – these are the books that…
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Flowers in the Attic: Sex and the pre-teen girl
Like many young girls who grew up the 1980s, I stumbled upon “Flowers in the Attic” because I was attracted to its cut-out paperback cover. (Anyone remember those? You?d open it to reveal a bigger – usually creepier – picture underneath.) In “Flowers in the Attic,” the image of a beautiful blonde girl looking tentatively…
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