Posted by TayariJones on August 25, 2008 07:20 AM
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Hey everybody, this is my 1100th post!
The woman who accused the Duke Lacross team of rape is writing her memoirs. When I saw her picture, all I could think was Pecola Breedlove.
Jacqueline Woodson, reigning queen of YA, has been censored in Brittain. 150,000 copies of her novel, My Sister Jodie, have been sold in UK since March, but three-- count them 1-2-3-- parents have complained about language so the book will be reprinted so one letter-- count it 1-- will be changed. (Via)
Random House, the publisher responsible for the shennanigans above, also has its YA authors sign a contract saying that if they behave in a non-YA appropriate fashion, they could lose thier book deals.
Here's another link from accross the pond: Jodi Henley-Einon says that she doesn't mind if the label "lesbian author" helps her sell books. Compare that with Sarah Schulman's article about the way "lesbian writers" are treated in the US.
And another YA issue. A new children's books lets its princess live happily without a prince. ( A good first step. Now, if we can only ditch the princess construct. It drives me nuts!)
Debut novelist, Shawn Stewart Ruff, laughs when people compliment him on Finlater his first novel. "It's more like my fifth," he says.
The literary journal of Spelman College is seeking submissions. Ah, was it only seventeen years ago that I was editor myself?
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