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• True Confessions

  
  Writing well is the best revenge — Authority: 124
  Norb Vonnegut is back. Because he has a confession. And we could not resist an object lesson. That Morning in Brisbane I have a confession to make. It took me about thirty years to become a published author overnight. Top Producer is my first novel, and after a career on Wall Street where everybody avoids ...
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• Philip Roth in Bad Sex Award shortlist for depiction of threesome

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 19 (IANS) Acclaimed American novelist Philip Roth has been shortlisted for the Bad Sex Award, alongside fellow-literary luminaries Amos Oz and Paul Theroux.The Pulitzer Prize winner was shortlisted for the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2009 for his latest book, The Humbling - the story of ...
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• Hugh Hefner, Jack Kirby and Frank Zappa walk into a bar...

  
  Awesomed By Comics — Authority: 112
  Its been a little while since Ive had the time to write about comics like a relative grown-up, but the new issue of Royal Flush Magazine and the accompanying controversy over Paul Popes naughty centerfold provided a good subject for a look at the intersection between comics, pornograpy moguls, print magazine ...
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• Aint I A Woman Author?

  
  Naki — Authority: 119
  Isabella Van Wagenen aka Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in Hurley, New York in 1797. She was released following the New York Anti Slavery Law of 1827, however slavery was not abolished nationwide for 35 years. She lived for a time with a Quaker family who gave her the only education she ever received. She ...
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• This and That and a Writing Update

  
  C.J. Darlington — Authority: 114
  As you can imagine, Im getting really excited. My debut novel Thicker than Blood is due to hit stories officially in about a month and a half (January 1, 2010). However, I suspect itll be available online at places like Amazon.com and CBD.com mid December. If you pre-order (hint hint) youll be the first in line. ...
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• PW’s Top 10 of 2009

  
  Sammy and Beckett's Book Blog — Authority: 108
  Publishers Weekly’s interesting best of , complete with reviews. Related posts: The Postmodern Canon The Jacket Copy has posted a list of postmodern reads.... Nabokov Retrospective The New Republic has compiled a nice selection of reviews... Can independents save literature from the recession? ...
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• Women Authors Snubbed

  
  Two Kinds of People — Authority: 104
  There are two kinds of people in the world: men and women.  Apparently Publishers Weekly has not figured that out, as evidenced by the fact that they did not include a single female author in their 2009 top 10 list of best books. This irritated me. Read about it on my latest Chicago Moms Blog post . Then visit ...
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• Guilt

  
  The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers — Authority: 493
  by Barbara DAmatoFrom my living room window, I can look out at Lake Michigan. In many ways this is very, very nice. I enjoy seeing the clouds and seagulls. The colors of Lake Michigan change as the sun moves. It’s never the same and always interesting.However, I also see people jogging, rollerblading, racing, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lets Hear It For Women Writers

  
  Chicago Moms Blog — Authority: 511
  I try not to get my knickers in a knot when I hear younger women say that feminism is irrelevant in their lives. Memories are short, especially young, American memories, and many of these post-feminist young women may not have encountered (or recognized) blatant sexism, but its still there. I know it is because ...
  2 weeks ago

• BOTNS #52: In Praise of Women Writers

  
  Books on the Nightstand: conversation about books — Authority: 110
  Publishers Weekly, the trade journal that covers the book industry, just released their list of Best Books of 2009, with a new "top ten" list to go along with the announcement. Were happy to pat ourselves on the back, since weve talked about 6 of the top 10 here on Books on the Nightstand, but like many others, we ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is It Time To Stop Listing "Best" Books? [Lit Lists]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Publishers Weekly didnt include any female authors on its list of the 10 best books of 2009 . Is a counter-list in order, or should we just do away with such lists entirely? PW reviews director Louisa Ermelino wrote that the publication "ignored gender and genre and who had the buzz" when composing its list, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cheever book is in top 10

  
  Book by Book — Authority: 119
  That’s the Top Ten from Publishers Weekly magazine, the definitive chronicler of the publishing industry. This week, the magazine came out with its PW Top 10 for 2009 and first on the pile for nonfiction is  Blake Bailey’s biography of John Cheever: “Cheever: a Life” (Knopf). Cheever, a Pulitzer ...
  3 weeks ago

• Publishers Weekly Under Fire for All Male Best Books List

  
  Writerswrite.com's Writer's Blog — Authority: 122
  Publishers Weekly is under fire for putting out list of the ten best books of the year that includes no female authors. "The absence made me nearly speechless." said poet and creative writing professor Cate Marvin, co-founder of new US literary organisation Women in Letters and Literary Arts (WILLA). WILLA has ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Drawbacks of Diversity in Book Lists

  
  BookFox — Authority: 408
   A lot of people have been complaining about the lack of women on the Publishers Weekly top ten list . For commentary, check out the  NY Times , The Rumpus , and The Arts Blog . I have a problem not with this particular attempt to encourage diversification (and it is pretty strange that not a single woman ...
  3 weeks ago

• No. 1 Omission From Top 10 Book List: Women

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  Publishers Weeklys choices for top books of the year has drawn protests from a womens literary group, which notes that there are no female writers on the list.
  3 weeks ago

• No. 1 Omission From Top 10 Book List: Women

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 802
  Publishers Weeklys choices for top books of the year has drawn protests from a womens literary group, which notes that there are no female writers on the list.
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• John Brown picture book makes PW’s “best” list

  
  Book Blog — Authority: 496
  St. Louis artist John Hendrix’s book on John Brown has been picked as one of the best children’s books of 2009. Publishers Weekly magazine, which this week released its roundup of the 100 best books of the year and the 30 best…
  3 weeks ago

• Dont Women Write Great Books?

  
  Carrie Etter — Authority: 119
  Please read the following press release from the Women in Letters and Literary Arts. Why Weren’t Any Women Invited To Publishers Weekly’s Weenie Roast? Publishers Weekly recently announced their Best Books Of 2009 list. In their top ten, chosen by editorial staff, no books written by women were included. ...
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• Why Weren’t Any Women Invited To Publishers Weekly’s Weenie Roast?

  
  The Green Lantern Press — Authority: 416
  The Academie Française Publishers Weekly recently announced their Best Books Of 2009 list. Of their top ten, chosen by editorial staff, no books written by women were included. Quoted in The Huffington Post, PW confidently admitted that they’re “not the most politically correct” choices. This statement ...
  3 weeks ago

• Publishers Weekly: What Do Teens Want?

  
  Melissa Walker: The Blog — Authority: 493
  Just a quick thank you to anyone who listed my blog in such amazing company in the recent Publishers Weekly cover story, "What Do Teens Want?" And I quote:" Blogs :In reply to an open-ended question, here are the author blogs they read the most: Libba Bray , Meg Cabot , Ally Carter , P.C. Cast , Cassandra ...
  3 weeks ago

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