- Ron takes on Paul Maher again and talks with Stephanie Lehmann.
- Jennifer Weiner fends off medically imbalanced Big Media.
- The Book Babes squeal in Tanenhaus’s presence. I’ve responded.
- Amy Fisher is back and she has a self-published book where, it appears, she dispenses parenting advice.
- The Nobel buzz is purring, but could it go to a woman? Only nine women have been awarded the Nobel Literature Prize since 1901.
- Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha has given Pride and Prejudice the Bollywood treatment.
- David Mitchell gets the royal treatment over at the Independent (first seen at the Literary Saloon)
- The Washington Post takes a look at Altman’s Tanner ’88 followup.
- S.E. Hinton talks at length with the Ottawa Citizen about returning to writing after a long hiatus, movies, motherhood, and her new novel.
- Nebraskan Ted Kooser will be the next poet laureate of the United States.
- Maya Angelou has written a cookbook.
- The short story defended yet again (via Bookninja)
- Stuart Macintyre argues that historians are no longer detached observers.
- Joan Didion examines Kerry.
- The Dagger Awards have been announced. (via Sarah)
- Books on anger examined at the TLS.
- An early review of the new Atwood essay collection.
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Ed,
You need to wait until you’re really worked up next time before posting over at the BB’s site!
Enjoy,
Maybe it’s a function of turning 40 but I’ve lost my capacity for outrage at the banalities and idiocies of the Book Babes.
I used to be digusted. Now I’m just amused.
I think that’s ultimately the best tactic. Which is why I found their mystery recs in that other column they do to be fairly amusing as well.
Mark,
I don’t think it’s the 40 aspect, I’m not quite there yet. I think it’s more the length of time you observe them. You’ve just reached whatever month level it takes to realize they are what they are, always will be, and unless you feel like taking time away from important things to repeat that observation, there’s not a single reason to wander to their site.
Enjoy,
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