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more about #books more comments β Jenloveshercurves: This seems so weird. Ugh, open relationships, I just don't get it. Maybe because when I'm with someone, I don't want anyone else. That's how I work... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: "that newish breed, the personal-meat-journey" I ... feel I may have missed something. I ... feel it may not be a problem. more » MargaretMoony: "Instead, she felt unmoored and unhappy and entered into a torrid, bondage-tinged affair, which morphed into the world's most awful-sounding open marr... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: By 1974, Julia Child had written the introduction to the first edition of "The Joy of Sex," invented the modern ball gag, and was on the planning comm... more » MyNameIsChris: This is quite an interesting post to follow up the previous with... more » SarahHeartburn: Well, in her defense, anyone who is seriously studying cooking should learn basic butchery sooner or later (a young female relative of mine had to cho... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: You know, I didn't like her much in her first book, and I somehow suspect that this book isn't going to make me like her more. more » Penny: Instead, she felt unmoored and unhappy and entered into a torrid, bondage-tinged affair, which morphed into the world's most awful-sounding open marri... more » JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: So I can dig up my old food journals and finally get a book deal? IN YOUR FACE! (Which might be the working title...) more » Trulymadlyme: Memoirs, generally speaking, fall into two categories: "I can relate" and "I want to go on your adventure." You forgot the shockingly common, holy... more » BeckySharper: Ooh, I just bought this as an e-book, so between this and the NYTBR review this weekend, I'm really looking forward to reading it--in a voyeuristic, b... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Yeah, good luck getting Amy Adams to sign on for that one. more » MargaretMoony: Oh, SWEET. My English major friends are going to freak over their holiday presents. Hint: It's because they're getting some of these. more » KATE!: everyone i know is getting a hester prynne shirt for giftmas. except im going to make them myself. intellectual property rights my ass. more » sayah: You guys! Now we can be the bookie version of this! Tehee! It's all I ever dreamed of! more » -
#bookreview
Julie Powell's Cleaving Is A Bloodbath Of Meat/Sex Metaphors
A combination of the writer-learns-to-clown/cobble/farm genre and that newish breed, the personal-meat-journey, with the subgenre that might be called the infidelity-food memoir (a venerable oeuvre pioneered by M.F.K. Fisher, advanced by Ruth Reichl and Judith Jones), Cleaving gives good blood.
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#teamthoreau
Who's On First? Whitman.
Novel-T has launched a line of baseball shirts with the names of famous authors. Their co-creator says, "The shirts are selling very well. Not 'Going Rogue' well, but more like 'a popular literary novel translated from the French' well." [Mediabistro] -
#idiocy
Book It
"-Hello. I have some old books for sale. -What kind of books? -Old ones. -OK. What subject areas? -Where does it say that?" (One of the conversations compiled over the years by rare book dealer The BookMine) [BoingBoing] -
#booknotes
Wrestlemania
Late comedy auteur Andy Kaufman's career wrestling women, accompanied by mock-misogynistic rants, resulted in a lot of hate mail. And now, those screeds (with Polaroids!) have been gathered into the book Dear Andy Kaufman I Hate Your Guts [WSJ] -
#leftovers
On The Shelf: Hillary Vs. Sarah β’Β Study: Police Ignore Rape Claims If Victim Is Drunk
β’Β Sad, sad news: Going Rogue beat Hillary Clinton's memoir in sales with 700,000 to Clinton's 600,000. However, the awesome Secretary of State received a much bigger advance of $8 mil, while Palin was only offered five. β’Β More » -
#familymatters
Duke Publishes Book By Obama's Mom
Ann Durham Soetoro was probably best known as Barack Obama's mom, but she was also a dedicated economic anthropologist. Thanks to Duke University Press, her dissertation on metalworkers in Indonesia will soon be available as a book. [PublishersWeekly] -
#palindrones
You Betcha
According to a source, Sarah Palin's Going Rogue sold 700,000 copies in its first week. While its success is to be expected, it is heartening to know that President Bill Clinton's memoir sold significantly better. [YahooNews] -
#revolutionaryread
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] -
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#roguetrip
Six Scary Quotes From Sarah Palin's Book Tour
The press is following Sarah Palin around on her book tour of real America, and in among her comments about "the huntin' and the fishin' and the hockey moms" are some pretty upsetting words from her fans. More » -
#solicitations
Contest: Your Turn To Go Rogue
Yesterday, a few of our readers wondered if we paid actual money for the copy of Going Rogue we reviewed. We did, but you can win it back — to turn into awesome Palin art. Details after the jump. More » -
#bookreviews
"Palinizing" Prejean, Prejeanizing Palin: Two Conservative Women Look Out For #1
Carrie Prejean has complained of being "Palinized" — that is, discriminated against because she's a conservative woman — but she and Sarah Palin have more in common than just a victim complex.
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#booknotes
Ex Libris
A scientist has analyzed the "old book smell" based on tomes' volatile organic compound emissions. The results, published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, involve the word "lignin" and, misleadingly, do not involve any Moby Dick perfume whatsoever. [NYT] -
#roguerules
Leak Reveals No Levi, Plenty Of Katie-Bashing In Going Rogue
HarperCollins refused to send advance copies of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue to the press, but the AP got its hands on one. They found nothing about Levi, but plenty of bile for Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, and the McCain campaign. More » -
#ladieschoice
What's In A Zine: New Book Explores DIY Feminist Roots
Since the 1990s, zines have played a crucial role in bringing awareness of feminism to young women. But with the publication of a new book devoted to Zine culture, one has to wonder, are zines obsolete? More » -
#litlists
Is It Time To Stop Listing "Best" Books?
Publishers Weekly didn't include any female authors on its list of the 10 best books of 2009. Is a counter-list in order, or should we just do away with such lists entirely? More » -
#narcissusinbloom
Women And Memoirs: When A Little Narcissism Is A Good Thing
Serial memoirist Mary Karr has a new book out, and in a Double X interview she shares some interesting insights about women's autobiographical writing — and some annoying shit about how much god likes her.
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#librarysciences
Women Of Letters
The New York Public Library has become home to thousands of pages from the journals and notebooks of E. Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain. Also acquired: Sketches by "Eloise" co-creator Hilary Knight. [YahooNews] -
#grizzlynews
Grin And Bear It
Blast from the past: The Berenstain Bears are going to get the Fantastic Mr. Fox treatment and become a "warm-hearted comedy" to hit theaters in 2011. They're also getting a "slight" modern makeover, whatever that means. [USAToday] -
#crushes
"Live-Action Cannot Capture How Terrible She Really Is.β
It's sort of appropriate that Eloise should still be causing major trouble. And that her illustrator should prove quite amazing: More » -
#fleshforfantasy
Am I Dating A Werewolf? And Other Questions For Francesca Lia Block
You may scoff at the mere idea of a dating guidebook. You may almost certainly scoff at one that matches people by their mythological creature -type. I did too at first, and I have a professional astrologer on speed-dial.
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