Monthly Archives: October 2011

Analogy Smackdown

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

Many of you are already aware of the Twitter uproar over Barry Eisler’s guest post on Joe Konrath’s blog, in which he compares New-York (or “legacy”) published authors to house slaves, victims of Stockholm syndrome, and abused spouses (Eisler and … Continue reading →

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New York State of Mind: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

New York, to me, is a city of the mind. I’ve been there; I have relatives who live there; but it isn’t quite real to me. It’s a collage of images from movies, TV shows, books and news footage. Amor Towles’ … Continue reading →

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Community, Controversy, Conflict

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

My husband and some colleagues of ours have a graphic narrative blog, and recently he remarked to me that unlike my blog, theirs gets almost no comments (and mine is nothing, of course, compared to some romance blogs). Comics people, he said, … Continue reading →

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The Way He Lived Then: Any Human Heart

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Note: there’s a romance connection eventually (you knew there would be, right?) If that’s mainly what you’re interested in, scroll down to the last couple of paragraphs. I’ve been meaning to read William Boyd’s Any Human Heart (2002) for ages, … Continue reading →

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Memory, Mourning, Melancholia: The News Where You Are

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Catherine O’Flynn’s debut novel, What Was Lost, is a mystery, a ghost story, a satire of consumer culture and retail work, a study of the impact a new mall has on an old town center and the community it supported, with … Continue reading →

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