Archive for December, 2006


Chick lit begets “Mom lit,” which, dooce argues, “reads like someone sat around in a marketing meeting and said, ‘What can we sell to this generation of mothers?’”

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Alison Bechdel says she’s working on another memoir project.

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Great news: Amitava Kumar’s first novel, Home Products, is out from Picador in January. (Read a bit from his nonfiction Husband of a Fanatic here.)

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The Smart Set: Lauren Cerand’s weekly events

The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to publication, with the event’s date in . . .

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