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The College Novel
Eleventh Stack —
Authority: 123
I’ve long thought college life to be a great subject for fiction writing, but until recently I never knew that there is a recognized ”college novel” genre. It was first brought to my attention two weeks ago when a library patron asked me for an old book called The College Novel in America ...3 days ago -
Endeavour Award Photos
File 770 —
Authority: 138
James W. Fiscus has sent along several of his photographs taken at the Endeavour Award presentation on November 27 during OryCon in Portland, Oregon. (1) Group shot of the finalists and presenter: Ken Scholes, Lou Anders, David D. Levine, Kay Kenyon, and Dave Duncan. Anders presented the Award. (Finalist ...2 weeks ago -
Democracy & Elitism 3: burning down the straw man, and who are these out-of-touch “liberal elites,” anyway?
Scholars and Rogues —
Authority: 482
Let’s begin with a quick trivia question. What legislator’s Top 20 donor list includes the following? Blackstone Group (Financial Services) Bain Capital FPL Group (Energy) DLA Piper (Corporate law firm, representing Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 companies) Kindred Healthcare Beacon Capital ...2 weeks ago -
Really Saying Something
Manic Pop Thrills —
Authority: 413
With the focus on last week’s show, a few things are still in the pending tray, including a Twilight Sad review which I know I wrote a few weeks ago but now can’t find! I’m going to start with a book though. I’ve written a bit before about Neal Stephenson having spent a fair chunk of the last couple of ...2 weeks ago -
Democracy & Elitism 2: performance elitism vs privilege elitism, and why the difference matters
Scholars and Rogues —
Authority: 482
Part two in a series. “Elite” hasn’t always been an epithet. In fact, if we consider what the dictionary has to say about it, it still signifies something potentially worthy. Potentially. For instance: e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism (-ltzm, -l-) n. 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain ...3 weeks ago -
Bad Sex in Fiction Awards: This Year’s Nominees and Our All-Time Top 10
Flavorwire —
Authority: 691
It may not be the Nobel Prize, but the competition for this year’s “Bad Sex in Fiction” award is just as stiff (cringe — pun intended). Philip Roth is on the Literary Review’s shortlist, and he’s in good company — current nominees include Amos Oz, Nick Cave, and John Banville, while past candidates ...4 weeks ago -
More On Pinker & Gladwell
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 147
Lloyd explains why Pinker and Gladwell don’t agree , which is partly based upon Gladwell’s new book, What the Dog Saw ., a collection of essays that were published in the New Yorker. Posted in asides, entertainment, politics-social-racism Tagged: asides, books, malcolm gladwell, Neal Stephenson, New Yorker, ...4 weeks ago
