John Baker’s Blog

Jason Chervokas on NewCritics really likes Sheryl Crow’s new album, Detours. But:
Sheryl Crow’s music is the sound of soccer mom nation. It’s not just the kind of music your mother would like, it’s the kind of music your mother would make (and maybe does at the local weekly coffee house in the church basement): [...]

DeepGenre hosts an interesting discussion about what works on an author’s website:
I think… skip the bio if your life is entirely boring and devoid of events, but add it otherwise. And preferably add it with more details than the “John doe is a farmer from wherever who lives with her husband and five cats in [...]

Six women - Jessica Valenti, Natasha Walter, Rebecca Walker, Julie Bindel, Ariel Levy and Joan Smith - speak about the feminist writers who first inspired them.
And The Guardian makes an offer - We would love to hear about the book that first opened your eyes to the women’s movement. Whether it was one you found [...]

Wikipedia reveals mass editing and input by the usual suspects - The CIA, the Vatican, the British Labour Party and the Church of Scientology.
Thanks to Ann Marie for this one.
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I’ve been exploring the site, Read Print, which offers a free online library of classic texts. There are thousands of volumes to choose from. Similar to [...]