Tag Archives: literary fiction

Thuderstorm Linkdump

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Cora

After the very hot weather of the past few days, we had two thunderstorms today with promise of more. It’s not as if we didn’t need the rain – we did. But thunderstorms are also annoying, because while I can … Continue reading →

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Three Literary Links

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Cora

Aside from the VS Naipaul controversy, the Guardian also offers two very interesting literary articles this weekend: First of all, here is a great interview with Tim Powers. And here, Graham Swift claims that writing truly contemporary novels is not … Continue reading →

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Round-up of Responses to VS Naipaul

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Cora

A few days ago, I blogged about VS Naipaul’s blanket dismissal of women writers. There are a couple of responses to Naipaul’s misogynist remarks:

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The double standard of content is alive and well

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Cora

For me, awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to VS Naipaul has always been one of the big “what the fuck” decisions of the Nobel committee and one of the very few that I vehemently disagree with. Because by all … Continue reading →

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See the stats shoot up – Yet more on plagiarism, nihilist fantasy, thrillers and blogging

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Cora

My website stats have really been exploding these past few days. Yesterday was the busiest day since the revamp/return of this blog in October 2010 with 103 visitors according to the WordPress stats plug-in. Most people seem to have come … Continue reading →

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