Word: celebritydom
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...printed in the National Enquirer alongside “Leading Experts Charge: Lovelorn Astronaut Intended to Leave Victim BURIED ALIVE or Even kill Her.” Books bestow a certain legitimacy on their subject matter, giving lower-rung celebrities the validation they lack. Authordom and celebritydom have always had a thriving relationship. It used to be that the literary stars were part of the glittering social elite. Authors like Truman Capote gained access to a whirlwind life of cocktails, beautiful women, and beautiful men because of their writing. But such a life no longer exists for overweight Southern authors...
...makes clear her affection for the man’s writing, but with no locutions less stiff than “I miss you’’ and “you were our greatest living writer.’’ One wonders whether literary celebritydom and the inherent respectability of her subject matter have made her forget her responsibility to spice her writing stylistically to match its substance. And it’s too bad that she, who so steadfastly has stuck to writing about things a discerning reader will care about, seems to feel...
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