Geek Love Author Katherine Dunn Has Died At 70
Katherine Dunn, the author of the darkly beautiful, disturbing, surreal carnival novel Geek Love, died on May 11 at age 70. Her son told Willamette Week the cause was complications from lung cancer.
Write Your Very Own Hit YA Novel With Our John Green Book Generator
John Green, author of bestselling novels-turned-movies The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns, is a superstar. Teens love him. Adults love him. Taylor Swift loves him. The film adaptation of his first YA novel, Looking For Alaska, begins production soon in Michigan, and will almost certainly be his third box office…
Even in Adult Fiction, Judy Blume Never Strays Far From Adolescence
Because Judy Blume is most celebrated for her frank depictions of burgeoning sexuality, her new book, In the Unlikely Event—a novelized tale of the circumstances in her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1951 and 1952, where three planes crashed in the span of two months—is being presented as an entirely different…
An Interview With Jami Attenberg, Author of Saint Mazie
Saint Mazie, the wonderful new novel released this week by Jami Attenberg, tells the story of Mazie Phillips—a nearly forgotten New York City legend who, in the early 20th century, improved the lives of the city’s homeless when no one else seemed to care.
J.K. Rowling Secretly Publishing Under Male Pseudonym
The author of the Harry Potter novels is using her known witchcraft to trick us muggles into not purchasing her latest book. Published under the name "Robert Galbraith", The Cuckoo's Calling is a detective novel about a troubled model who falls to her death — and the wily private dick who wants to get to the bottom…
Jane Austen Novels Basically Cured WWI Depression
If the Dashwood sisters can find true love and Mr. Darcy can inspire a whole industry of erotic fanfiction, reading Jane Austen might really be the best thing to soothe one’s addled mind and remind us all that, sometimes, people really have adorable double marriages and miraculously recover from mysterious fevers. …
Carole Geithner’s YA Novel Sounds Like Harry Potter, Minus All the Magic
What was your favorite part of the Harry Potter saga? Was it the delightfully rich and textured universe of mythical creatures author J.K. Rowling created? Maybe, though, you don't go for the frivolous stuff, and your favorite moments came in the early books, when Harry was living under the stairs at his aunt and…
Pulitzer Prize Sparks Bogus Literary Catfight
Jennifer Egan just won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad. She is a woman. In an interview, she said some things about other women. Which can only mean one thing: catfight!
Jennifer Egan Wins Pulitzer Prize In Fiction
Jennifer Egan has won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her excellent novel A Visit From The Goon Squad. That's the second big award for her this year — maybe now maybe she can get her own picture in the paper.
Win A Copy Of Anna North's America Pacifica, Plus Jellyfish Rings!
Jezebel writer Anna North's debut novel America Pacifica comes out May 18, but you can win a free advance copy ahead of time, plus one of these awesome jellyfish rings.
Jonathan Franzen Loses Book Award To Some Lady
Accomplished novelist Jennifer Egan won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her fascinating, innovative book A Visit From the Goon Squad. But one newspaper seemed more concerned with who didn't win: namely, Jonathan Franzen.
How Hollywood Is Fucking Up The Dirty Girls Social Club
Over a year ago, author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez optioned the TV rights to her bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club. Christmas eve, Valdes-Rodriguez called the TV project racist on her blog. For Christmas she got a cease and desist letter.
Sapphire Sells Sequel To Precious
Penguin Press has bought Sapphire's sequel to Push and plans to release the novel next summer. The Kid focuses on Precious' son "as he approaches manhood - alone, brutalized and with the soul of an artist."
Gossip Girl Gets Real: A YA Novelist Speaks
Much of the past decade's popular young adult literature geared towards teen girls reads like a PG-13 version of Sex and the City. But Nini Simone's characters deal with crack-addicted mothers, runaway siblings, and teen pregnancy.
Fifth Stieg Larsson Book Exists, Won't Be Released
Stieg Larsson's brother says that days before his death, Stieg said he'd "nearly finished" another Girl With The Dragon Tattoo book. However, the family says they won't let the novel, intended as the fifth in the series, to be published.
Martin Amis: My Book On Victims Of The Sexual Revolution Is Totally Feminist
Martin Amis says he's written "a very feminist book" based on his sister, who was "pathologically promiscuous" and "one of the most spectacular victims of the [sexual] revolution." He adds, "It would have needed the Taliban to protect her." [Guardian]
Is "Bitch Lit" The Cure For The Common Chick Lit Novel?
Sydney Zamora is a brash, calculating and unrepentant heroine who is quick to drop a suitor and curse him out as she extracts herself from the date. Is she the new prototype for chick lit characters?
Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
It's on! Who is the most loathesome, arrogant, sadistic, chauvinistic hero in the whole canon of early-80s romance, that hot-bed of appalling manhood? For out first contestant, we have a rapey, manipulative former footballer with a will of iron!
Jezebooks: Sarah Waters
If you haven't read any Sarah Waters? Lady, are you in for a page-turning, spine-tingling, word-smithing, sexy treat! Four words: lesbian historical ghost stories.
"Fictional Men Worth Loving"
Someone wrote into the Wall Street Journal to ask if Cynthia Grossen could recommend another fictional hero as swoony as Twilight's pallid Edward Cullen. Grossen gives some picks, but we think we can add to it.
