'Thousands of Broadways,' 'Perforated Heart,' 'Blue Hour' reviewed May 31, 2009
THE BLUE HOUR A Life of Jean Rhys By Lilian Pizzichini W.W. Norton, 336 pp ... Jean Rhys was born in 1890 on the island of Dominica to a Welsh father and a Creole mother, a Caribbean Gothic upbringing that would haunt her most celebrated novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea." ... THE BLUE HOUR A Life of Jean Rhys By Lilian Pizzichini. (Boston Globe)
Natalie Goldberg's Old Friend From ... Apr 12, 2009
Intertwined with those chapters are others, some of which use the work of well-known writers --Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsburg, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, to name a few as examples of autobiographical writing that may not be outright, traditional memoir. Tell me everything you know about Jell-O. Go. (Suite101.com)
Literary egos, lost loves and lots of ‘sexy bits' Mar 21, 2009
For almost 50 years, Athill coaxed and soothed egos, cosseting Naipaul till she couldn't take it any more; befriending a tormented Jean Rhys; getting caught in the middle of Brian Moore's marriage breakup. She helped shape some of the world's brightest prose, and was woefully underpaid for it. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A tale of two 'Droods’ - Two authors reimagine Dickens’ unfinished work Mar 7, 2009
At the time, people admired her ingenuity (did they forget about Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea. in filling the gaps of a classic work of fiction - now, the novelty has become a motley genre with a diverse membership. (Missoulian, MT)
