The review starts, "If this novel did not boast the name of Alice Walker, who won acclaim some two decades ago with 'The Color Purple,' it's hard to imagine how it could have been published," and gets very close to Dale Peck territory. Someone give Michiko a hug. Or maybe attending a cuddle party will calm her down. (via Maud)
Posted by DrMabuse at April 20, 2004 08:18 AMTell me where Michiko is and I'll administer an absolutely deferential, Naomi Wolf-approved hug. If Alice is still proving Harold Bloom right and foisting this shit on the reading public after 20 years, then to Ms. Kakutani I say,"You go, girl."
Posted by: Jimmy Beck at April 20, 2004 01:05 PM