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Crossing Washington Square: A Chick Lit Author Hits Her Stride

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, Women, Joanne Rendell, Manhattan U, Living News, Relationships, Friendship by the Book, Irene S. Levine, Breaking News, Competition, Professor, The Professors’ Wives Club, Friendship, Crossing Washington Square, Nyu, Female, Chick Lit, New York University, Breaking Living News, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square. This is intelligent chick lit, an engaging story beautifully told.

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The Last Chinese Chef

One For The Table | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Nicole-Mones, The Last Chinese Chef, Chinese Cooking, Chefs, Gourmet Cooking, Home Cooking, Beach-Reading, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Chinese Culture, China-Mao, Mao, Chinese Food, Chick Lit, Living News
One For The Table

As I prefer a well-prepared meal with beautiful, whole ingredients, I prefer a well-written book with beautiful, thoughtful ideas. After consuming either of these, I am well nourished.

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Chicks on the Beach, or Why Does the Cover Preoccupy You So?

Joanne Rendell | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media

Read More: J.Courtney Sullivan, Lisa See, Romance, Books, Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Chick Lit, Sarah Wendell, Candy Tan, Media News
Joanne Rendell

Chick-books love shoes and if you're going to talk shoe-talk you kind of deserve your blah cover. If your book presents "cozy" female friends "weathering crises" together then you've also earned the sandals and Adirondack chair treatment. And if one of your characters dares to admit that she likes "a pink cover featuring a pair of glossy high-heeled shoes," you most definitely should have flowers and pastel shades on your dust jacket.

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R.I.P., Jade Goody

Jennifer Weiner | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: England, The Amazing Race, Puck Rainey, Reality TV, Chick Lit, Jade Goody, The Truman Show, Entertainment News
Jennifer Weiner

Jade proved herself a master at real-time reinvention, crafting a character that viewers would eagerly consume, pacing her scenes and delivered her lines and photos ops with an expert sense of timing.

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Damned Mob of Scribbling Chicks

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.24.2009 | Style

Read More: New York Times Book Review, Memoir, Jane Austen Women, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Charlotte Bronte, Stephanie Meyer, Style News
Joanne Rendell

Women love books. It's a fact: we are the reading sex. We are the writing sex too. Yet, in spite of this, our books are often ridiculed, demeaned, or ignored.

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