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"Memoir is to fiction as photography is to painting," WTF??? Same idiot. http://tinyurl.com/ycgsqje 16 days ago |
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I'd love to know where this fool is browsing. http://tinyurl.com/ycgsqje (via @thebookslut who correctly refers to him as a fucking idiot.) 16 days ago |
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HTMLGiant (http://bit.ly/3DNcN6) responding to an asinine article (http://bit.ly/Qh25P) declaring fiction dead and memoir the king? I dig. 16 days ago |
Blog of a Bookslut — Fucking idiotic. (Via @jenhoward.)
Have Memoirs Won?
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes —
... Speaking with the Philadelphia Inquirer recently, Ben Yagoda said this:
“When it comes to proving points and making cases, fiction’s day is done.”
Yagoda, a longtime journalist who’s written intelligently about the virtues of narrative nonfiction, has book coming out soon on the history of the memoir, so he’s clearly been studying the matter. I’ll be curious to see how he makes this argument, because it seems hard to defend. It may be that fiction is dying in comparison to memoir as far as ...
Trying to remember ...
Books, Inq. — The Epilogue —
... Celebrating the memoir - fiction's day is done? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Thursday Morning LitLinks
Author Scoop —
... have. (Guardian Books Blog)
Will eBooks have a happy holiday season? (Washington Post)
Abigail Deutsch presents a schmoozer’s guide to literary gatherings. (The Poetry Foundation)
Simon and Schuster kicks off its eGalley system, allowing reviewers and the media to access digital review copies. (GalleyGrab)
Ravenous Romance wants your NaNoWriMo masterpieces. (GalleyCat)
Has the memoir killed the novel? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Facing an uncertain future, Utah State University Press, ...
Fiction is dead! Long live Fiction!
Bookninja —
Has the memoir killed fiction ? Has fiction killed the memoir ? I give up. I give the fuck up. You fucking arts journalists. Isn’t there a convention you could sort this out at? Cause I’d like fire a few Belfast-cocktails in there once you’re all in. With publication in everyone’s grasp, memoir becomes the great equalizer. Americans like ” ‘pulled up by your bootstraps’ stories in which odds or adversities are overcome,” says Lexy Bloom, a senior editor at Vintage and Anchor Books. “That’s what makes memoir so successful. We want hope and redemption.” At the same time, ...
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
The Rumpus.net —
Because I have way too much time on my hands, and because it’s oddly fitting this week, the book blog roundup is in the form of a dialogue between a hopeless writer and his roommate, who is stoned and watching CSI.
Writer: “Fiction is dead.” (via)
Roommate: “Oh, everything’ll be fine. Dude, look! They just removed that lady’s skull cap with a plunger.” (via)
W: “No really. it’s not just fiction. Publishing is on its last legs. We’ve gone ‘one better than book ...
Thanks for the Memoirs
JHoward's blog —
... On Nov. 3, the Philadelphia Inquirer published a story headlined "Celebrating the Memoir: Fiction's Day Is Done?" It's a profile of Ben Yagoda, a well-published writer who has a new book out called Memoir: A History. Okay, the guy has a new book and he was appearing at a local festival on "Memoir and Documentary Art." Fine, profile him. Perfectly sound logic there. ...
OMNIVORE: The story on the page
bookforum.com —
... of American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps . Celebrating the memoir: Fiction's day is done? Little Women, Big Sacrifices: An article on ...
