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July 1, 2016

Friday News: Jewel v. NSA, Facebook tell-all, Seoul International Book Fair, and “essential” American books

JanetPublishing NewsAmerican literature / best of list / book fairs / children's literature / Facebook / Korea / surveillance5 Comments

Jewel v. NSA Moves Forward—Time For NSA To Answer Basic Questions About Mass Surveillance – And now we tune in to the ongoing saga of the US government’s attempts to block, delay, and otherwise frustrate one of the most important cases regarding unwarranted domestic surveillance in the history of the country. ... more >

February 22, 2016

Monday News: Harper Lee, Umberto Eco, and Antonin Scalia

JanetPublishing NewsAmerican literature / Antonin Scalia / Harper Lee / law / Legacies / Literary Criticism / obituaries / Race / semiotics / The Name of the Rose / To Kill a Mockingbird / Umberto Eco9 Comments

Go Set a Legacy: The Fate of Harper Lee – Harper Lee’s death on Friday has generated a number of excellent chronicles of her life (like this one from AL.com). It has also spurred several inevitable discussions about her literary legacy, especially because of the cloudy circumstances around last year’s publication ... more >

June 12, 2015

Friday News: Nebula Awards, EU investigates Amazon, YouTube authors, and James McBride on To Kill A Mockingbird

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / American literature / anti-trust / book deals / EU / Harper Lee / James McBride / literary awards / Race / SFF / SFWA / YouTube7 Comments

Female Sci-Fi Writers Nearly Sweep the 2015 Nebula Awards – When the Irene Gallo story hit, there was some speculation that a certain individual who has been banned from SFWA may have orchestrated the hoopla to distract from the Nebula Awards, which were announced Tuesday night. Considering the Gallo post ... more >

April 10, 2015

Friday News: Is Facebook tracking you, diverse emojis on iOS, Toni Morrison profile, and Key and Peele’s Game of Throne’s recap

JanetPublishing NewsAfrican American literature / American literature / diversity / emojis / Facebook / Game of Thrones / iOS / parody / privacy / Toni Morrison2 Comments

Facebook says it tracked people who didn’t use Facebook because of ‘a bug’ – Oh, look, Facebook may be violating your privacy again, even if you don’t USE Facebook. I know people think Amazon is taking over the world, but really, Facebook may already have it locked down. The report, ... more >

January 6, 2015

Romance is not a feminist genre – and that’s okay

JanetLetters of OpinionAmerican literature / diversity / feminism / gender / genre critique / Literary Criticism / literary history / patriarchy15 Comments

As a genre celebrating love and largely written by and for women, I think it’s easy to view Romance as an inherently feminist genre. I have felt this way myself at times, and I’ve seen many other readers and authors make similar assertions. But what I’m going to propose today ... more >

November 21, 2014

Friday News: Ursula Le Guin’s NBA speech, Google Contributor, Mark Twain’s frontier humor, and a NaNoWriMo pep talk

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / American literature / crowdfunding / Google / Humor / Mark Twain / NaNoWriMo / National Book Awards / Publishers / western / writing advice16 Comments

“we will need writers who can remember freedom”: ursula k le guin at the national book awards – A transcription of Ursula Le Guin’s speech at the National Book Awards ceremony Wednesday night. Le Guin’s comments have been getting a lot of attention, in part because of her assault on ... more >

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