Wednesday Morning LitLinks
David Barnett looks back at Jack Kerouac on the 40th anniversary of his death and wonders if our memories of him don’t say more about us than him. (Guardian Books Blog)
The Lorca dig is about to get underway. Steve Kingstone examines what questions might be answered. (BBC)
Cory Doctorow explains his new project, “With a Little Help”. (Publishers Weekly)
The shortlist for the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize has been announced. (2009 Man Asian Literary Prize)
Tanya Paperny explores Neil Gaiman’s partnership with the BBC on a twitter story experiment. (Lit Drift)
Head rolls over Frankfurt Book Fair’s boneheaded move to dis-invite Chinese dissidents to the festival. (theBookseller.com)
Jessie Kunhardt wonders what the much ballyhooed “price wars” will ultimately mean for the book industry. (Huffington Post)
Plagiarism software sheds some light on the bloodline of Edward III (the play, not the king…) (MOBYLIVES)
Natasha Tripney struggles to tell the difference between theatre and poetry. (Guardian Theatre Blog)
Or Books to time the release of its “liberal response” to Sarah Palin’s memoir with Palin’s own release. (GalleyCat)
On this day in 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm. (Today in Literature)
AuthorScoop
October 21st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
“Going Rouge” Heh. As one of the comments in the GalleyCat thread says, forget the politics, it’s a cute marketing move. I suppose the pieces in it will be just the predictable Nation stuff, though.
I think her overall story would be fascinating raw material for a serious sociologist (or anthropologist), especially for anybody interested in gender issues. We won’t get that, of course.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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