Sloane Crosley

Bad Trips: Wonderful Essays About Awful Travel Experiences

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Gary Indiana, Rachel Shukert, Umberto Eco, Ian Frazier, David Foster Wallace, Disney World, Wonderful Travel Essays, Sloane Crosley, Travel Essays, David Sedaris, Books News

Vacations are sacred, especially in America, where we work longer hours than our counterparts in Europe and still aren’t legally entitled to a singl...

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WATCH: Best And Worst Book Trailers

Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Melville House, Moby Awards, Ron Charles, Bad Book Trailers, Lane Smith, Literary Prizes, Tree of Codes, Moby Award Winners, Video, Super Sad True Love Story, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Roach, Freedom, Don Winslow, James Franco, Sloane Crosley, Jonathan Safran Foer, Book Trailers, Books News

It was an irresistible proposition when Meliville House asked us to be part of the judging panel for the Moby Awards for best and worst book trailers....

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Spotted Reading In Public: What Have We Seen You Reading Recently? (PHOTOS)

Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: East of Eden, John Steinbeck, Tick Tock, James Patterson, A Discovery of Witches, The Physiology of Taste, I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Malcolm Gladwell, Lush Life, Spotted Reading in Public, When the Killing's Done, Wagner's Ring, Deobrah Harkness, The Tipping Point, The Ethics of What We Eat, T.C. Boyle, Sloane Crosley, Richard Price, Books News

We've had our eyes on you lately and have seen you reading a wide array of genres, as usual. From best-sellers to beloved classics, you've been seen r...

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Fifty First (J)Dates: Alikewise: The Online Dating Equivalent to Wearing Glasses

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan Franzen, Relationships, Dating Advice, Meredith-Fineman, TOMS Shoes, Online Dating, Fifty First (J)Dates, Alikewise, Ffjd, Reading, Jonathan Franzen Freedom, The Alchemist, David Sedaris, Sloane Crosley, Books News
Meredith Fineman

We're continuing on the journey/search for the expansive online dating saga, from JDate to Match to....books? I tried "Alikewise" (the name is sort of...

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In Defense of Good Writing: Where Are the Strong Female Writers?

Koa Beck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sigrid Nunez, Emily Gould, Commercial Fiction, The New Yorker, Jodi Picoult, Pop Fiction, Lorrie Moore, Women Writers, Lydia Davis, Jennifer Weiner, Jonathan Franzen, Women's Writing, Literary Fiction, Sexism, Literary Criticsm, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sloane Crosley, Jonathan Franzen Freedom, The New York Times Book Review, Books News
Koa Beck

With the exception of a few female literary giants, it seems that even when a big publication does take note of a compelling female voice, she isn't nearly as strong a writer as her male colleagues.

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Candace Bushnell Paved The Way For Women's 'Confessional' Lit With 'Sex & The City'

The Guardian | Elizabeth Day | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meghan Daum, Sex and the City, Emily Gould, Books, Sloane Crosley, Candace Bushnell, Candace Bushnell Sex and the City, Books News

Before Candace Bushnell, books like Gould's that sought to capture the dilemmas and dichotomies of modern womanhood with a wry, humorous honesty, were...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Waters, Chuck Palahniuk, Book Reviews, New York Times, Immigration Debate, Sloane Crosley, The Facebook Effect, Books News

Did you miss any of the weekend's book reviews? Check out some of the highlights here! "Witz," Stephen Burn The New York Times More than 800 page...

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