On Vulpes this Coming Week
May 4, 2008 by rosyb
We have a great mixed week coming up on Vulpes.
Monday
Jackie reviews Rat, wherein Jerry Langton answers the question of whether the ubiquitous rodents are cute or craven.
Tuesday
Mary looks at The Known World, the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner by Edward P. Jones that “explores an oft-neglected chapter of American history, the world of blacks who owned blacks in the antebellum South.” (Publisher’s Weekly).
Wednesday
And it’s the book that everyone’s been talking about: Lisa reviews Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve.
Thursday
Hearts and Minds author, Rosy Thornton, is on the Soapbox this week, with her dry and witty look at what makes “fiction” and what makes “literature”. Should we categorise books by genre or author - or should we cut all that nonsense and start measuring the length of the spine?
On Friday, Mhairi will be reviewing Our Longest Days edited by Sandra Koa Wing: poignant extracts from the diaries of the ‘Mass Observation’ writers - including Nella Last, now famous as ‘Housewife 49′.
*Thanks to pbo31 (Patrick Boury) for this stylish image to launch our upcoming week.
What’s this? Not even a squeak of excitement for our line-up?
They’ve all gone away for the weekend, Jackie. There’s only you here.
I think you could be right, RT.