Criticism on the Web
One conversation going on right now in the Blogosphere is the function of book reviews on the Internet, as per this round-up by Critical Mass. Lev Grossman, critic for Time Magazine, seems to dislike...
View ArticleSilliman on Conjunctions
Perhaps it's a sign of the times that when Ron Silliman posts about the new issue of Conjunctions (calling Conjunctions the best literary review in America), his comments fill with backlash about how...
View ArticleRound the Web on Friday
Probably the biggest single conversation starter in the Lit Blogosphere right now is the NBCC's blog Critial Mass's campaign to "save book reviewing" in the wake of a number of newspapers getting rid...
View ArticleThe Future of Book Reviews?
Critical Mass the blog of the National Book Critics Circle continues its campaign to save newspaper book reviews with coverage and participation in a protest over the elimination of the book review...
View ArticleLeaving Las Vegas
More to read: Edward Champion has guest blogger Erin O'Brian telling the fascinating true story of the author of Leaving Las Vegas, her brother John O'Brian, who took his own life shortly after selling...
View ArticleCriticism vs. Reviewing
Back in April, I recommended people read Cynthia Ozick's article "Literary Entrails" in the April edition of Harper's Magazine. In that article Ozick differentiates between "literary critcism" and...
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Report from the New York Independent Book Fair Day 2
Yesterday was day 2 of the New York Independent and Small Press Book Fair, much more sparsely attended than the first day, probably because of the snow. The first panel I attended was an agent talking...
View ArticleJust for the Record
When I said "nice tits" is a compliment, I meant that LITERALLY it's a compliment. I also said that it's harassment. I never said, nor meant to imply, that anyone should feel justified in saying "nice...
View ArticleEd Champion vs. Billy Joel
At the risk of seeming like I link to Ed to much, I want to draw attention to this post in which Ed Champion gets an email from honest-to-God Billy Joel ("Fuck you," says Billy), responds to it, and...
View ArticleHow Not To Write Corporate Communication: An Object Lesson In Obfuscation
So Facebook founder Mark Zuckerman has heard the Twitter-patter on his window of the rain of Facebook subscribers deleting their accounts in droves following an exercise in crappy journalism that it...
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