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May 13, 2007
"This is Chick-Lit" edited by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Two thumbs way up! Baratz-Logsted, a chick lit author herself, has assembled a fast, fun and moving collection of short stories by chick lit authors as a rebuttal to the recently published "This is not Chick-Lit," which implied that chick lit doesn't make the grade as real literature. This collection clearly demonstrates that chick lit a)has been around for a long time and b) is here to stay.
Each entry begins with an author's note about how they conceptualize chick lit as a genre and ends with a brief biography of that author. The stories themselves are marvelous and range from a futuristic look at dating via computer, and ghost-ridden romance, and a government agent who discovers her beau on the wrong end of her rifle. At the end of the collection, Baratz-Logsted has assembled a brief bibliography - a list of "not chick lit" material recommended by her group of authors.
This collection and the contributors to it can feel confident that they accomplished their goal of putting chick lit firmly in a positive literary light.
ISBN: 1-933771-01-1
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Posted by jnardine at May 13, 2007 02:28 PM