Lizzie Skurnick's Blog, page 11
August 7, 2009
Reality Air Check
Just did another interview with the lively Amanda Marcotte of RealityCheck.org, a U.N.-associated podcast that also does books coverage. Man, I have to say, if you ever have to do a battery of interviews, I REALLY recommend this morning thing. As the caffeine surges through my system I've found my ideas on vintage YA are eerily clear, like they're about to plunge off a bridge and have to revisit all the high points. Also, I discovered if you mix the milk and sugar FIRST and then put in the Frenc
Welcome to Dr. Alvin Jones
Just did an interview with the equally biblomaniacal Dr. Alvin Jones, whose website also posts conversations with my party-demanding compatriot Irina Reyn and Edie Falco. I am lying — (Edie Falco is not my friend but because a) I wish she were and b) I can't find the interview of my actual friend and SD contributor Laura Lippman, she will have to do for the present.) I sort of wish Dr. Alvin Jones could interview me EVERY morning, as there is something bracing about getting your thoughts togethe
I ALSO LOVE this cross-posting across platforms thing
….The book's only shortcoming is that it lacks an index, which means that if you want to see how many of Judy Bloom's books are included, you have to flip through the contents list and try to remember which books Bloom authored. But that's just small annoyance and has the benefit that it forces you to dig deeper into the book.
The Lindsay Post has this very nice review which complains only that the book doesn't have an index (something I would have liked too) but takes the Wilder-esque point of v
August 6, 2009
….and stop calling me Shirley
It is always a good and nice sign when there is so much press you can't keep up with it, EVEN IF A GOODLY PORTION OF IT SEEMS TO THINK ONE DOES THIS SORT OF THING IN DEAD EARNEST. In any case, would love to draw your attention to all of these things and as ever am grateful for any attention at all, which is something I should probably bring up with my therapist:
* I had a UNSPEAKABLY fun interview with Kim Alexander of XM and Sirius's Fiction Nation (that should be wrestled into one of those von
July 31, 2009
Sometimes it B's that way
Lovely posts from Bitch magazine and The Daily Beast today on SD — the former of which made me realize that my father's verdict on my potty mouth ("Every other word is 'fuck'!") was not, in fact, hyperbole. (And he's a Bronx Jew!)
July 30, 2009
Merci Bookpage!
Reading Shelf Discovery feels like attending a high school reunion and reminiscing about the best of your teenage escapades with a particulary entertaining friend.
via BookPage.com.
Switching Bitching
Some new lovely reviews: This one in Salon (with commenters noting both that Wrinkle in Time is not for teens and boys should read these books, go forth and live in a world of your making), this one in EW, and this great Q&A from Flavorpill (and kudos to the reporters who have to cut down my chatty meandering–which meets and exceeds that of print–into discrete sentences).
<>I draw your attention to this one paragraph, which yielded a sigh of relief from a Facebook friend who thought I might be an e</>July 28, 2009
My nephews are coming to my reading!
…and one is ALMOST potty-trained. Will try to refrain from making audience clap.
