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First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 209 pages ; 22 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Contains selected articles originally published between 2002 and 2013 in the journal American book review. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209). |
| Contents |
Robots in the stacks -- March of the penguins -- Social media and the review -- Thank God it's Friday -- Data mining fiction -- Another one bites the dust -- Just the facts, Ma'am -- America's agora of ideas -- Hide it from the kids -- Ain't no sunshine -- The politics of subvention -- The rise of corporate literature -- Who's in? who's out? -- From écriture to récriture -- The executor's dilemma -- Bye, bye Borders -- Supersize that novel -- Writing for RCA -- The medium is the question -- Do androids dream of Anna Karenina? -- Criminal editors -- The book ladder -- Postfederman -- Safe books -- Fiction's future / with Tom Williams -- New online offerings -- Academic book culture in transition -- Green books -- Sympathy for the devil -- Publishing smarts -- The big dialogue -- Emotional narratives -- The academic imperative -- Requiem for a journal -- A good reviewer is hard to find -- Giant steps -- On the final line of Gass' Willie Masters' lonesome wife -- Pleasure in the end -- Burn, baby burn -- On public book proposals -- Criminal history from Kerouac to Kinsey -- On minor literature -- On newspaper book reviews and advertising -- Anthologies and literary landscapes -- Cosmopolitan modernism -- On access to critical theory -- A new beginning -- A formidable past -- On the opening line of Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler -- Narrative terrorism -- Cinematic fictions -- Cartoon killers -- Postapocalyptic news -- Strange loops. |
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Books and reading -- Technological innovations.
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Book industries and trade -- History -- 20th century.
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Book industries and trade -- History -- 21st century.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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Education, Humanistic.
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Learning and scholarship.
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| Added Title |
American book review.
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| ISBN |
9781937875510 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1937875512 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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