Fri 29 Jun 2007
Read about it here: http://www.slate.com/id/2169125/
(Sorry, posting with Safari - they steal my toolbar)
The lawsuits, the fakery, the hopeful downfall or arc of disinterest, these are all fine things.
The main, deserved focus is usually missed: The embarrassing, godawful writing.
Fiction keywords and phrases: gay hustler, runaway, abuse, slumming regional dialogue written by an outsider, Dennis Cooper, drug abuse, horrible childhood, .
If these easy avenues are what you look for in fiction, pack your lunch. Do not return. There’s plenty out there catering to your needs.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Someone could do a really good female melodrama dime novel just using her (and her mother’s) testimony from the damn trial…lawsy.
June 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
So her reason for continuing to teach the book in her class is that the basic plot outline is similar to Harry Potter books? Writing an article like this should be grounds to have her tenure revoked!