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Another book, another set of odd links that pop up at you when you least expect it. Yesterday I was talking about my discomfort at the repeated use of the word ‘mongol’ to describe a child with Down’s Syndrome in The Fifth Child, but in Push by Sapphire the use of ‘mongo’ to describe a [...]
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February 5, 2010 in fiction, films, review Tagged american fiction, gabourey sidibe, precious, push, sapphire
I’m slightly late to this, seeing as it was in the paper at the weekend, but it’s a good article and worth pointing up.
I recently bought a copy of Elaine Showalter’s last opus, A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx, and this article is in that vein.
When John [...]
May 14, 2009 in fiction, literature, news & media
Tagged american fiction, elaine showalter, women writers
Tagged american fiction, elaine showalter, women writers
While I have not read a great deal of Updike’s work, and while that which I have read didn’t particularly do anything for me, I was still sad to hear about the death of a literary giant from lung cancer yesterday.
Obituaries and tributes can be found in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, [...]
…from the old blog… this was one of my favourite books from last year.
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This is probably a shameful confession, but before Saturday morning I had never heard of Zora Neale Hurston, or her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. On top of that, if it hadn’t been lined up with the other beautiful VMC 30 [...]
January 21, 2009 in fiction, review
Tagged american fiction, virago modern classics, vmc, zora neale hurston
Tagged american fiction, virago modern classics, vmc, zora neale hurston
Not the TV Book Group
Sun 07 Feb: Brodeck's Report - Philippe Claudel
Sun 21 Feb: The Girl with the Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
Sun 07 Mar: Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Sun 21 Mar: The Illusionist - Jennifer Johnston
Sun 11 Apr: Skin Lane - Neil Bartlett
Sun 25 Apr: The Boys in the Trees - Mary Swan
Sun 09 May: A Short Gentleman - Jon Canter
Sun 23 May: Fledgling - Octavia E. ButlerReading Challenge
The Equality Illusion - Kat Banyard
The Women's Room - Marilyn French
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist - Jill Tweedie
Ideala - Sarah Grand
Singled Out - Virginia Nicholson
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple - Alice Walker-
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