Victim 'Hood
Chris Lehmann : The Short of It
An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
2007
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Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit
Amy Alexander : African-Americans
Driven by a tabloid episode from her own marriage, the novelist joins the debate over the mass marketing of trashy books to young black readers.
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'Arthur': The Little Magazine That Could
You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.
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TNR's New Owners
Clint Hendler : Corporate Media & Consolidation
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
2006
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Sloppy Seconds
The plagiarism flap over Opal Mehta is essentially a story about clichés and stereotypes passing from one subliterary commercial product to another.
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Truth, Fiction and Frey
Matthew Flamm : Autobiography & Memoir
James Frey's faux memoir exposes corporate publishing as an industry so starved for bestsellers that it is unable to protect itself from fraud.
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The Cost of Integrity
Richard Kluger : Nation History
The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" raises questions about the ethics of the author and of the publishing industry at large. This article opened a 1978 The Nation forum on "Truth in Publishing."
2005
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Nancy Has Two Mommies
Brenda Wineapple : Feminism & Women
Nancy Drew has been a fixture in young girls' lives since 1930. But the continuing appeal of this spunky American icon--never sad, wrinkled or misunderstood--is both heartwarming and a little scary.
This week: Will racism or sexism win the day? Plus: Esther Kaplan on workplace safety and Steven Greenhouse on the struggle facing younger workers. (13mb mp3)
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