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On the Campaign Trail

On the Campaign Trail
In the NYTBR 's Summer Reading supplement, some famous writers suggested a few books they thought the Presidential candidates ought to read in between all the flesh-pressing and promise-making . (When this ran, Hillary Clinton was still in the picture...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 05, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

He's Just Not That Into Your Library

He's Just Not That Into Your Library
Did you read Rachel Donadio's NYBR back-page essay about literary dealbreakers yet ? Or her subsquent Paper Cuts blog post , in which she asked Times readers to state their own literary dealbreakers? So, what are the most common literary dealbreakers...
by Sharon Steel | Mar 31, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

"The story is mine"

"The story is mine"
Daniel Mendelsohn ( The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million ) wrote what we thought was a depressing but super-smart Op-Ed piece in the Sunday Times . He makes excellent points about the fake-memoir trend, but even more important, he explains what it...
by webteam | Mar 10, 2008 | with no comments

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