Literary Articles, Summer '09

A group of literary-themed pieces appearing this summer, including a first-time publication in The Daily Beast. Sarah's review of Wetlands by Charlotte Roche is also in the summer 2009 issue of Venus Zine. Text forthcoming.

The Cape's Tragic Characters

If the California coast is where characters reinvent themselves, the New England shore is where things fall apart. Richard Russo extends the tradition with That Old Cape Magic. The central question of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo's new book.

from The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories

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Sisters of fate - InTheFray Magazine

Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls tells the piercingly painful tale of two sisters’ odyssey from Shanghai to San Francisco.

from inthefray.org

Small Town, Big Stakes: PW talks with Nancy Mauro - 7/13/2009 - Publishers Weekly

In Mauro's debut, New World Monkeys (Reviews, June 15), struggling young marrieds Duncan and Lily spend a summer in upstate New York contending with a dead wild boar and the human bones in their backyard.
via www.publishersweekly.com on 7/13/09

COVER STORY: Women's Writing Fires Up Summer Reading Lists

This year's literary output by women offers plenty of heft for the summer tote bags. From sensational memoirs to serious sociology, check out what women are writing about and the prizes they've been snapping up so far in 2009.

via Women's eNews by Sarah Seltzer on 6/13/09