The other day, my friend Mai on Facebook pointed to an article about Sheryl Sandberg’s publicist, who sent the following tweet to Kate Losse, who’d reviewed her already endlessly discussed tome Lean In: My first reaction to this was “Sheryl Sandberg’s publicist wrote this? Most authors who lose their heads and attack critics have to… Continue reading The Dos and Don’ts of Reacting to Bad Reviews
Tag: Philip Roth
Light Blogging For A While
Even though there’s a lot to sort through from this week–the election and Philip Roth’s retirement from the page come to mind–my Dad’s death on Thursday will keep me quiet for a while. Dad died peacefully in the early morning. I won’t claim that I’m inconsolable or that I can’t go on. I seem to… Continue reading Light Blogging For A While