“Ms. Cline, who was 27 when the novel came out, was celebrated as a major new talent. But for the last two years, her success has been overshadowed, in private, by legal threats levied against her by a former boyfriend.” Emma Cline, bestselling author of The Girls, and her ex-boyfriend, Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, have filed public lawsuits against each other including allegations of plagiarism, physical abuse, and intimidation, according to the New York Times. From our archives: staff writer Michael Bourne‘s review of Cline’s debut novel.
She Said, He Said
The Point of the Hero
“Our culture claims to celebrate vigor and well-being, yet holds up steroid-addled men and impossibly thin women as models of physical perfection. Those of us unwilling to juice or starve ourselves are left feeling inadequate and confused about why we do not bear any resemblance to the humans we are meant to emulate.” Michael Ian Black reviews two books about the male physique — and reveals a bit about the unrealistic nature of our cultural expectations.
$5,000 Is Less Than Most Freelancers
Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader are using Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for an indie movie entitled The Canyons. The film “documents five twenty-something’s quest for power, love, sex and success in 2012 Hollywood,” and, if you donate $5,000, Ellis will provide notes on your novel. According to New York, this Ellis-Schrader film is not to be confused with their other one about sharks, alluded to most recently by Ellis in his Paris Review interview (Reg. Req.).
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David Foster Wallace’s Last Interview
Coming soon from Melville House’s “The Last Interview” series: the last interviews with David Foster Wallace and Jorge Luis Borges.
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Literary Lost
As Lost meanders towards its finale, the LA Times rounds up the plentiful literary influences that popped up during the show’s run.
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And Still I Rise
Via Galleycat we’re watching the just-released trailer for the upcoming documentary Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, which is scheduled to air on October 14th on PBS. Pair with this beautiful in memoriam we published upon her passing in 2014.
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Tuesday Links
The LBC has named its next pick. It’s a fantastic, epic, funny book. Visit the blog for all the details.Forbes rounds up the most expensive books sold at auction in 2006. The top ten include five atlases, but according to the slide show that accompanies the story, a Shakespeare First Folio brought in the most: $5.1 million.Darby’s blog turns two and he cleverly uses this fact as an excuse to link to some Swedish librarians.”Which f**king road would you live on?“So sad. A spelling bee training book with typos.
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A Holiday with Strangers
Another holiday, another Jon Cotner holiday slideshow. Here he and his wife took to the streets of New York City and “asked 25 strangers to tell [them] their holiday wish.” (Previously.)
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He said, she said…these situations often are a waste in courts especially when it is a couple who once loved. It can be costly and often one is on a mission of revenge at any price. It is worse when children are involved as in a divorce. I also know that it often comes down with who believes whom and psychopaths (they are born one in 100 people..a problem in the brain where an area is too small, the amygdala, and you have one on each side and they are not properly connected to the frontal lobe command center. So these people do not feel the pain that their actions cause. That is why they are able to carry out horrible things and don’t feel remorse. Science has come a long way…yet people often twist this knowledge to their own purposes to say oh this person is a psychopath…now…if that is true then they were that all their lives…so they should have a “history”. Not all dangerous people have this history. The literature about borderlines (borderline personality disorder) says these people are not born this way but “made” through traumatic experiences at a young age. So how a court room battle is often played out is how attorneys paint the image of the two at battle…they do horrible things in the name of “justice” but that is their sworn duty. I have seen many tricks used and most people are, unfortunately, susceptible to crafty attorneys. So be careful and choose your courtroom battles…they can consume you…not just your adversary.