G.O.P. D.O.A. , the new novel by Brooklyn-based
Contemporary Press, just got
denied a reprinting by St. Louis-based
Plus Communications. Although they printed the first edition less than one month ago, the publisher says that their religious clients would be upset by the book's 'language' and have refused to reprint it.
I guess that is in the same spirit as Rev. Breedlove's attempt to
rekindle the tradition of book burning earlier this month.
posted by Miyagi
on Jul 28, 2004 -
12 comments
The Worst Book I Ever Read “
Finnegan’s Wake is the best example of modernism disappearing up its own fundament.”
A Brief History of Time and Iris Murdoch show up twice.
Mein Kampf is as interesting as a bus timetable and “JK Rowling is the sub-literary analogue of Tony Blair.” Tolkien appears most foten, making him the most hated of this little group.
posted by raaka
on May 25, 2003 -
140 comments
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. . . Any big Neil Young fan, and I have to admit to being one, also spends a lot of time hating a lot of his artistic output (i. e. the cringe-enducing
Let's Roll, as well as his all-over-the-map politics.
In the
LATimes book review Hal Epsen mentions that
the reliably perverse Young has been a staunch Reagan supporter and proponent of the death penalty, as well as a devoted husband and a stalwart parent to three kids, two of whom were born with cerebral palsy. He also asserts that Young appeals almost wholly to male listeners.
Young has been discussed here before but not, I believe his biography, which, as has been Neil Young's M. O. from the get-go, is a dictionary-perfect example of a "mixed bag."
posted by Danf
on May 16, 2002 -
35 comments
Harmful to Minors In the introduction to her
book she writes that " 'Harmful to Minors' launches from two negatives: Sex is not ipso facto harmful to minors; and America's drive to protect kids from sex is protecting them from nothing. Instead, often it is harming them." Is she right, some think she is just evil.
posted by onegoodmove
on Apr 4, 2002 -
24 comments
Fictionline sounds like a scam but isn't: pay a small reading fee and win a thousand bucks if they publish your story. The plain design seems aimed more at writers than readers, but it's an exciting new concept in the
glut of online lit mags.
posted by muckster
on Aug 30, 2001 -
11 comments
Culture as Culprit. Myron Magnet is the author of
The Dream and the Nightmare, which George W. Bush has called the most influential book -- aside from the Bible -- that he's ever read. Is poverty in American less an economic matter than a cultural one?
posted by techgnollogic
on Apr 6, 2001 -
9 comments
The first chapter of Eric Schlosser's new book piqued my interest;
this
and
this solidified my desire to read Fast Food Nation. Has anyone else read the book yet? Comments?
posted by JDC8
on Jan 31, 2001 -
11 comments
If
this doesn't get some arguments going, then I'd hate to think what would.
posted by Mocata
on Jul 12, 2000 -
8 comments
Auto baron Henry Ford was a great entrepreneur and a peacemaker during the World World I era. In fact, he loved just about everyone. Everyone, that is, except for the Jews. Read his
book and find out how Anti-Semitism isn't just for white trash anymore.
posted by tdecius
on Aug 28, 1999 -
0 comments
