Notable Online: 5/23–5/29
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: Jodi Picoult
Is Gender F***ing with Our Fantasies?
To lift the censorship, degradation, and foreclosure of girls’ fantasies, we may have to investigate the gendered limitations on how we think about early loves, impulses, celebrity crushes, and maybe, sexually stirring gentleman pirates.
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FUNNY WOMEN #137: Press Release for Zeitgeisty Book
Nothing will ever be ordinary again.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #7: Guns
Guns are pervasive in American society. Whether it is the prominent role they frequently play in various forms of entertainment or the epidemic of gun violence, it seems they are everywhere. With more mass shootings than there have been days this year, it is virtually impossible to turn on the news without hearing about the […]
...moreDrop the Book and Put Your Hands Where I Can See Them!
Turns out borrowing that Jodi Picoult tearjerker was an affront to the State. In many cities, those pint-sized homemade libraries of the “take a book, leave a book” variety are considered illegal obstructions.
...moreWomen Writers and the Interview
Are male and female writers interviewed equally? Loraine Berry at Talking Writing thinks not. It’s gone to show that interviewers are often more interested in a female writer’s dietary habits and marital problems than their literary processes and work. Jodi Picoult says that she has been asked how she lost weight many, many times. Jennifer […]
...moreHey, We Do This Too
We’re not the only ones out there curious to know where and writers write and why. This week the Chicago Tribune spoke to bestselling and award winning authors to get the lowdown on the digs most conducive to consistent, contended writing. There are procrastination tidbits and the list is split between typing and good ol’ […]
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