http://portland.readinglocal.com/2010/03/dispatch-from-pla-2010-more-than-martinis-and-manolos/ Portland Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://portland.readinglocal.com/2010/03/dispatch-from-pla-2010-more-than-martinis-and-manolos/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Industry News: 4/11/10 | RWA-WF Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:20:55 +0000 http://portland.readinglocal.com/?p=7250#comment-381 [...] Teresa Bergan’s summary of the 13th Annual Public Library Association Conference included a panel on women’s fiction and chick lit by Susan Wiggs, Beth Kendrick, Jane Porter, editor Leah Hultenschmidt, and author and retired librarian Joyce Saricks. One of their subjects was the influence of chick lit on current women’s fiction, and why publishers want to call it something else. Jane Porter’s publicist recently asked her to delete all references to chick lit, even in her book reviews, from her website. “Publishers now cringe at the label,” she said. [...] [...] Teresa Bergan’s summary of the 13th Annual Public Library Association Conference included a panel on women’s fiction and chick lit by Susan Wiggs, Beth Kendrick, Jane Porter, editor Leah Hultenschmidt, and author and retired librarian Joyce Saricks. One of their subjects was the influence of chick lit on current women’s fiction, and why publishers want to call it something else. Jane Porter’s publicist recently asked her to delete all references to chick lit, even in her book reviews, from her website. “Publishers now cringe at the label,” she said. [...]

]]> http://portland.readinglocal.com/2010/03/dispatch-from-pla-2010-more-than-martinis-and-manolos/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Chick Lit IS Women’s Lit « Grrlbibliophile's Blog Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:09:11 +0000 http://portland.readinglocal.com/?p=7250#comment-380 [...] This article talks about how chick lit has fallen out of disfavor, partly because it is too “fluffy.” Who cares if it’s fluffy? I like genre fiction, INCLUDING romance books, and I think if we relate to the female characters in chick lit we should just accept that it’s lack of literary depth might, in fact, be the reason it’s the best thing to read when we’re tired and stressed. After a long day, you won’t see me reading James Joyce. [...] [...] This article talks about how chick lit has fallen out of disfavor, partly because it is too “fluffy.” Who cares if it’s fluffy? I like genre fiction, INCLUDING romance books, and I think if we relate to the female characters in chick lit we should just accept that it’s lack of literary depth might, in fact, be the reason it’s the best thing to read when we’re tired and stressed. After a long day, you won’t see me reading James Joyce. [...]

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