- McGraw-Hill has responded to Patricia Polacco's allegations of censorship. GalleyCat has the story. Update: McGraw-Hill has left statements at several blogs, including GottaBook, about the Polacco controversy.
- Toni Morrison's Beloved is the best novel of the last 25 years. Sez the New York Times.
- Award-winning children's writer Sonya Hartnett, of Australia, has written a novel (for adults) that the Sydney Morning Herald calls "steamy literary pornography." She did use a pseudonym, Cameron S. Redfern, for Landscape with Animals.
- The Independent reports on a new work for teens, Does My Head Look Big in This?, written by Sydney attorney Randa Abdel-Fattah. The British paper says the book "tackle[s] the thorny issue of wearing the hijab, in one of the first
novels to portray the experiences of a Muslim girl growing up in a
Western society."
Susan -- even since that GalleyCat story, SRA/McGraw-Hill has been busy, going around to various blogs (mine, ReadRoger, etc) that had blogged about the controversy and leaving a statement in the comments. The statement included a link to the contract between them and Patricia Polacco... which simply raises other issues as opposed to closing the story out. Impressive that they came to the blog level, though.
Posted by: Gregory K. | May 13, 2006 at 10:54 AM