Tayari's Blog: Linky-Dink!

Posted by TayariJones on June 13, 2007 09:34 AM
Filed under Travels & Rambles

  • Tova Reich didn't like the review of her new novel, My Holocaust, that appeared in the NYT. So what did she do? She answered the review... in the voice of one of the characters... and the NYT printed it. Amazing. (Galleycat, of course, is having a field day.)

  • I don't get the "how" or "why" of this, but here's what I do know. One of the book distributors has gone under, which has (somehow) cost independent publishers thousands of dollars. McSweeny's, for one, has been hit at the tune of $130,000. They are having a fire sale. My guess is that if McSweeny's is hurting, other indies are bleeding to death. If you have a favorite indie publisher, go to their website and see what you can do to help. (If you know of one in particular, leave it in comments, please.)

  • I meant to link to this last week. Maud Newton is tracing her family history, and on Fridays, she posts pictures from the archives. Last Friday (or was it the one before?) she posted a picture of her grandad and the woman he dumped her grandma for. (That Maud has a wicked sense of humour.)

  • And Holy Smoke! Chinua Achebe won the Man Booker International Prize! How did I miss that. (Maybe it has something to do with being out in the woods.) It is a proud year from Nigerians with Chimananda Ngozi Adiche scoring the Orange Prize. (Would it be tacky for me to put in bold the line on my bio that says that I lived in Nigeria for a year??)

  • Okay. That's it. I've got to go to my little studio and work. It's good being out here, but a little lonely. Any mail is welcome. Send it c/o The MacDowell Colony. I promise to write back!

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    Comment #1, by Jackie [TypeKey Profile Page]

    You really make my (work) day with your posts. Thanks for all the links. I followed all of them and will be ordering from McSweeneys. I never need an excuse to buy a book, but a good excuse? Well.....

    Heard your interview. You sound confident and together.

    I am currently reading Free Food Millionaires by Min Jin Lee. Over 500 pages of a quirky, flawed character that keeps me turning the pages, hoping she will reconcile with her parents, get a better job and pay off her debts. I don't think she is going to do any of that and that is what keeps me turning the pages.

    How is your new book coming? Will Spelman be in it?

    June 13, 2007 12:56 PM

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