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May 29, 2020

REVIEW: Pussweek by Bexy McFly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / magazines / parodyComments Off on REVIEW: Pussweek by Bexy McFly

Pussweek: A Cat’s Guide to Feline Empowerment is full of hilarious spreads, quizzes, and advertisements, as well as top–notch photos of cats in all their cuteness and weirdness. Based on the magazine series Pussweek, written “by cats, for cats,” this book is a feline parody of fashion and celebrity gossip ... more >

Eligible (The Austen Project #4) by Curtis Sittenfeld
August 29, 2016

GUEST REVIEW: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Guest ReviewerB+ ReviewsContemporary / parody / Pride & Prejudice3 Comments

The Bennet sisters have been summoned from New York City to help stop their mother feeding their father steak and donuts after heart surgery, to tidy up their crumbling family home and to haul their three sisters out of various states of arrested development. Then Chip Bingley arrives in suburban ... more >

June 1, 2016

Wednesday News: Bezos on free speech, math’s male gaze, reading long books, and hilarious Dan Brown parody

JanetPublishing NewsDan Brown / defamation / Free Speech / gender stereotypes / Jeff Bezos / male gaze / mathematics / parody / reading strategies4 Comments

Jeff Bezos: Gawker’s Plight Proves “Ugly Speech” Needs Protection – The Gawker lawsuit has raised many questions about how much and what kind of protection public figures should have against media coverage. As much as I think Nick Denton is obnoxiously gross, he’s correct that gossip has historically been outside polite ... more >

October 14, 2015

Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / Book-club / censorship / charity / children's literature / crafts / Disney princesses / Libraries / literary annotations / parody / Saudi ArabiaComments Off on Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

Down the Rabbit Hole: The rise, and rise, of literary annotation – An interesting article on literary annotations, particularly their recent re-popularization, especially for children’s literature. Evan Kindley points to the success of the website Genius, which began with annotations to rap songs, as part of the movement, and he uses the ... more >

September 16, 2015

Wednesday News: gofundme parody, orphan works & copyright, Man Booker shortlist, and throwback publishing article

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / authors / copyright / crowdfunding / literary prize / Man Booker Prize / orphan works / parody / publishingComments Off on Wednesday News: gofundme parody, orphan works & copyright, Man Booker shortlist, and throwback publishing article

Go Fund My Lazy Ass -It’s no secret that crowdsourcing has become popular for all sorts of creative projects. Although I haven’t seen it, I saw some folks talking about a crowdfunding campaign for someone who wanted to go to RT. Anyway, an author named Payne Hawthorne put together a ... more >

September 9, 2015

Wednesday News: Best American Poetry?, Sci-Fi by women of color, women & marriage, and celebrity parody on Istagram

JanetPublishing Newsappropriation / diversity / education / Fantasy / gender / Instagram / marriage / Orientalism / parody / poetry / pseudonym / Race / Science Fiction / stereotypes6 Comments

Yi-Fen Chou and the Man Who Wore Her – You may be following the fallout from the revelation that one of the poets whose work is included in the Sherman Alexie edited volume of the Best American Poetry 2015 is a white man who assumed the pseudonym of a fictitious ... more >

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