Ahhhh, So That’s What She Was Doing With Her Time
So I lost my bet on when Michiko Kakutani’s trashing of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road would appear. Still no word on road tripping from the critic. Now we know how she’s been spending her time. Instead of sharpening her claws for McCarthy, it’s another inevitable skewering of a Knopf novel. This time, Kakutani reviews Richard…
continue readingThe Sideshow at LBC
I’ve been out of the mix, but my colleagues at the LitBlog Co-Op have been hard at work promoting the Fall’s Read This! finalists. Up first, we have Sidney Thompson’s story collection, Sideshow. I strongly encourage you to head over to the LBC site and check out all the great discussion. Dan Wickett, from Emerging…
continue readingKakutani Shakes and Spears Rosenbaum
The clock is ticking on my bet that the New York Times would run a Michiko Kakutani chop-job on Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. William Kennedy’s positive review of that novel appeared on Sunday, October 8th. The next day, I speculated that Kakutani’s inevitable skewering would appear within two weeks. Well, there is only four days left…
continue readingEveryone, Meet Beatrice
Actually, if you’re a book-blog reader, you probably already know this fine site. But I’m going to be popping in at Beatrice at least once a week (whenever the slush demons let me out) for some guest-posting. It’s a book-blog in long standing, since 1995, and I’m honored that Ron asked me to help. So be…
continue readingEnough with This Whole “Tell Your Story” Stuff
I’ve been bitching about this for a while now… I’m sick of all these criminals and cretins who, after their screw-ups and traumas, then get a chance to go on television or to write a book and “tell their side of the story.” I’m also worn out with people, who are undoubtedly wonderful human beings, but think they need to…
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