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Ten (youngish, white) women writers Flavorwire loves

Responding to the recent contretemps between Jezebel.com and The Daily Show, in which the former accused the latter of slighting its female correspondents, resulting in a blistering open letter from TDS's female staff members, the ... Read More »

July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

How e-books break poems

By Stuart Woods

Poetry rarely makes the headlines, but an Associated Press story about the unsuitability of verse to the e-book form has been making the rounds. The story notes the dearth of major poets being published digitally. ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Playboy Portugal cancelled over risquÃ© Saramago cover

By Stuart Woods

The Portuguese edition of Playboy recently made the classy decision to do a cover story about recently deceased novelist and Nobel Prize“winner Jose Saramago. Then it ruined everything by illustrating the article with an image ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Sh*t some publishers put out

By Steven W. Beattie

There is a new apparently unstoppable literary trend poised to join the ranks of carbon-copy publishing: "Sh*t My [Blank Does]" books. This one kicked off with Justin Halpern's Sh*t My Dad Says, a memoir loosely ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Graphic novelist Harvey Pekar dead at 70

By Steven W. Beattie

The Ohio Chronicle-Telegraph is reporting that Harvey Pekar, the iconoclastic creator of the graphic novel American Splendor, has died at age 70. Pekar was best known for his autobiographical stories that examined the combined absurdities ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Getting to know Mike Bryan

By Stuart Woods

Mike Bryan, the newly named head of Penguin Canada, is largely an unknown quantity in this country. A candid profile, published two years ago in The Wall Street Journal when Bryan was stationed in Delhi, ... Read More »

July 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Mike Bryan appointed president of Penguin Canada

By Stuart Woods

[THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED] Mike Bryan has been appointed the new president of Penguin Canada, following the ouster of former president David Davidar last month. Bryan is a Penguin veteran of nearly 30 years. ... Read More »

July 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Penguin Canada ready to announce new head following out-of-court settlement

By Stuart Woods

Penguin Canada will announce a new company president on Wednesday after reaching an out-of-court settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit involving former president David Davidar. The announcement will end weeks of speculation about who will ... Read More »

July 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Linda Grant on the best-dressed characters in literature

By Steven W. Beattie

Linda Grant, author of the Man Booker Prize“nominated 2008 novel The Clothes on Their Backs, knows the importance of sartorial style in creating a fictional character. On The Economist's More Intelligent Life website, Grant writes ... Read More »

July 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Transgendered Arab defies death threats and releases memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

A member of the Arab world's transgendered community “ which is forced to operate underground, away from the eyes of the law and conservative society “ has defied the forces of repression and warnings from ... Read More »

July 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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