Posted by Will Entrekin on April 21, 2008
Citing “irreconcilable editorial differences,” Signet dropped romance author Cassie Edwards. Apparently, “irreconcilable editorial differences” is what publishers call plagiarism.
The Los Angeles Times with more on the ‘young literary men,’ and their young literary journals. “Leading a contemplative literary life isn’t dead even in these hectic times,” but Christ on a cross, could it sound any more pretentious? Not to mention: boring.
Finally, great news via Neil Gaiman: in a major coup from the comic book legal defense fund, courts dismissed the case of Gordon Lee. Let’s hear it for that 1st Amendment!
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Posted by Will Entrekin on April 16, 2008
The Los Angeles Times with two reviews.
First up, Germaine Greer’s Shakespeare’s Wife, which “works to fill the ‘wife-shaped void in the biography of William Shakespeare.’”
Oddly, the Will-sized void in the biography of William Shakespeare remains elusive.
Then, Keith Gessen’s All the Sad, Young Literary Men, though the review doesn’t seem to mention that the real problem with current American fiction is that it’s filled with said (and, to keep from being sexist, their female counterparts).
Finally, Omnivoracious (from whom the above to links came via) interviews Junot Diaz. I’m still reading The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I’m also still enjoying it.
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Posted by Will Entrekin on April 15, 2008
Fave writer Neil Gaiman recently had a collision with his dog. Also in the post: his daugher’s swordfight scar, a bit on fame, and a new iGoogle widget for The Graveyard Book, out later this year.
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Posted by Will Entrekin on April 14, 2008
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