Posted by TayariJones on May 16, 2008 05:40 PM
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I'll be back to real blogging on Monday. But until then, here are some pretty nifty sites to keep you occupied!
This will make you think twice before dating a poet.(Pay attention to the "to" and the "cc".)
BEA Black Pack Party. If you are in LA, please go. Please take pictures. Please bring me back a souvineer!
The folks at Kore press say "Let’s take up arms against our conditioning, our self-defeat." I agree, tho, I am not so keen on being used as an example of what-not-to-do!
I don't know if you remember the Millenia Black controversy. If you don't, you're kind of out of luck because she has settled her lawsuit and part of the deal is that she took down her blog posts explaining the whole darn thing. Ed Champion put up a few posts, like this one.The short version is that Ms. Black is black, but writes about white characters. Her publisher wanted her to change them to black characters. She wouldn't because she thought it would limit her sales. They canceled the contract. She sued. Or something like that.
Houghton Mifflin will not allow racists to use the image of Curious George to demean Barak Obama. (Yay, Houghton)
And Seal Press is sorry for portraying black people as savages. The editors swear they didn't notice. (File under Boo, Hiss)
Ed Champion is really irritated that Publisher's Weekly is cutting pay to $25 a review. (And I have to say that it freaks me out that such an important review for a book is being handled by the $25-a-pop crowd.
Slate is trying to figure out how to tell the difference between writer's block and procrastination. It's tricky since the results are the same- NO BOOK!
Time Magazie readers have ten questions for Toni Morrison. You would think that people would be a little more original with the queries... (via Carleen.)
Okay, well there is a cape codder out here with my name on it, so I've got to sign off. See you Monday!
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I'll be back to real blogging on Monday. But until then, here are some pretty nifty sites to keep you occupied!
and part of the deal is that she took down her blog posts explaining the whole darn thing. Ed Champion put up a few posts, like this one.The short version is that Ms. Black is black, but writes about white characters. Her publisher wanted her to change them to black characters. She wouldn't because she thought it would limit her sales. They canceled the contract. She sued. Or something like that.
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