UK Commentators (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I've mentioned (favourably) Lionel Shriver, author and chronicler of childlessness , before. I'm sorry to hear that her brother has died - a death she foretold . The poor chap ate himself to death : I write with some reluctance, because I feel protective of him. He's topping 330 pounds: 24 stone. He was once 5ft 7ins tall, but his vertebrae have compressed, and at 5ft 3ins I now look him straight in...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
In a disturbing essay in today's Guardian, Lionel Shriver writes about her brother's obesity, and why she can't fully get on board with fat acceptance. Shriver writes that her older brother is "a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
In a disturbing essay in today's Guardian, Lionel Shriver (not pictured) writes about her brother's obesity, and why she can't fully get on board with fat acceptance. Shriver writes that her older... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Wayland's Strength and Conditioning Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/01/lionel-shriver-my-obese-brother Lionel Shriver feared her older brother's weight problem would kill him. Days after she wrote this, he died. I read this story by Lionel Shriver I could'nt help be saddened by her story. Fat acceptance movements are down right stupid, the whole "what do experts know" im fine attitude of modern society is really...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Lionel Shriver feared her older brother's weight problem would kill him. Days after she wrote this, he died Not long ago, "weight diversity speakers" advocating "fat acceptance" for the "fat pride" community would have been a gag on the US TV satire The Daily Show. Nowadays, they are a forceful voice in American politics. Authors such as Marilyn Wann (Fat? So!) and Linda...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Further to Champagne Charlie’s post, there was more about the Bad Sex in Fiction Award on Saturday’s Today programme at 8:55am. The two novelists interviewed, Howard Jacobson and Lionel Shriver, agreed that if you want to write sex scenes, you don’t write them graphically. Howard Jacobson:- I do desire, I don’t do the what goes where [...]
RosieBell (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
There was more about the Bad Sex in Fiction Award on this morning’s Today programme at 8:55am. The two novelists interviewed, Howard Jacobson and Lionel Shriver, agreed that if you want to write sex scenes, you don’t write them graphically....
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction awards will be announced on Monday. The annual awards, now in their 17th year, celebrate the most embarrassing passage of sexual description in a literary novel from the last 12 months. Although last years winner was a women, Rachel Johnson, the shortlist this year suggest that the serial offenders are male novelists of a certain age. Authors Lionel Shriver and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Naomi Alderman, Kate Clanchy, Sara Maitland, Jane Rogers and Lionel Shriver contend for £15,000 prize From the story of a family clash over cash by Lionel Shriver to Naomi Alderman's tale of a Jewish man who discovers an unforeseen devotion to the Hindu deity Ganesh, an all-female line-up has been announced for the BBC National Short Story award. Judges for the £15,000 prize, who include...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
All-women shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award This year’s BBC’s National Short Story Award will be an all female affair after the shortlist revealed that, for the first time, only women are in the running to win the award. The award, which celebrates the best of the contemporary British short story, is one of the most prestigious for a single short story with the winning author...
Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong? (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
here's part 1 of the Big Green Bookshop favourite books of all time list. I shall expand on this when I get more time, but let's just cut to the chase shall we 50. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 49. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 48. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 47. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 46. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 45. Shipping News...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Independent offers a debate on the question, with entries from, among others, theatre director Simon McBurney, novelist Lionel Shriver, Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones, and nine thoughtful readers. (Says Shriver, "This assignment is a formula for sounding like a prat.")...
SoulCulture.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Book Slam @ The Tabernacle Saturday, 28th November, 2009 Powis Square, London W11 2AY Tickets: £6 in advance from bookslam.com/ £8 on the door Doors open 6pm, stuff starts around 8pm Featured performances to loo forward to at this Book Slam event include: LIONEL SHRIVER – author of the Orange Prize-winning, ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin‘, celebrating the rebirth of her...
Mel Menzies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"Publishing takes men more seriously than women; female writing is regarded as second tier,” Lionel Shriver says in a Daily Telegraph article on sexism in the world of books. Ms Shriver, born Margaret Ann Shriver, is an American journalist, and author of the acclaimed novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin. Having disliked her female name and changed it to a masculine one at the age of fifteen,...
Mel Menzies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
"Publishing takes men more seriously than women; female writing is regarded as second tier,” Lionel Shriver says in a Daily Telegraph article on sexism in the world of books. Ms Shriver, born Margaret Ann Shriver, is an American journalist, and author of the acclaimed novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin. Having disliked her female name and changed it to a masculine one at the age of fifteen,...
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