61 postmodern reads Jul 25, 2009
What about: Toni Morrison, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson ... I would not call Toni Morrison, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, or VS Naipaul postmodern. (Harper's Magazine)
Britain terse over poetic verse May 29, 2009
The novelist Jeanette Winterson, an Oxford graduate, told the Guardian that her alma mater was "a sexist little dump.". First female poet laureate. (Christian Science Monitor)
* First woman professor of poetry at Oxford resigns May 27, 2009
X Jeanette Winterson, novelist ... We ought to be able to look beyond the woman to the poetry, novelist Jeanette Winterson said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Reason but no rhyme: poet falls on sword May 27, 2009
The novelist Jeanette Winterson said: "It's a pity she has been backed into a corner. What she has done is so much more trivial than her contribution to poetry. This feels malicious and nasty. We ought to be able to look beyond the woman to the poetry. This is a way of reducing women; it wouldn't have happened to a man. But then, Oxford is a sexist little dump.". In the so-called smear campaign up to 100 Oxford academics were sent photocopied pages from a book detailing a sexual harassment claim... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Amazon 'glitch' removes sales rank from gay books Apr 13, 2009
As of Sunday night, books without rankings included Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room," Vidal's "The City and the Pillar" and Jeanette Winterson's "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit." The removals prompted furious remarks on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere online. Craig Seymour, author of the gay memoir "All I Could Bare," wrote on his blog Sunday that his sales rank was dropped in February, then restored nearly four weeks later, after he was told by Amazon that his book had been "classified as an Adult... (Yahoo News)
Loitering with literary intent Feb 28, 2009
When I met them they were preparing for a reading by Jeanette Winterson, as well as working on the shop's web page. Between them they have dragged Shakespeare & Company into the 21st century, although George does his best to hold them back. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
