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...knows how to shock a reader with sexual frankness and kinky family drama like author Erica Jong. Her spicy debut novel, Fear of Flying, became an international sensation 30 years ago, flying out of bookstores; 18 million copies are in print worldwide. Now her daughter (by her ex-husband, writer Jonathan Fast) is giving her a run for her money. In The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood (Villard; 192 pages), novelist Molly Jong-Fast, 26, tells of growing up Jong and Fast. TIME sat down for a chat with mother and daughter...
...with two versions to choose between. One will be the traditional ‘straight lead’ that leads with the main facts of what took place. The other will be the ‘optional,’ an alternative approach that attempts to draw in the reader through imagery, narrative devices, perspective or other creative means.” In an effort to illustrate how such a policy can go awry, we offer some hypothetical examples with some of the news stories printed in today’s Crimson...
...inquiring reader of 1982 the comparative calm of the Lindbergh Case last week was important. The scum of early reportorial confusion--result of keen newspaper competition and official impatience with the Press--had begun to be skimmed off the story. Facts hitherto obscured by haste and hysteria were clear. Also, it began to seem as though trails to the solution were converging...
...Luckily, readers can ignore the rehashed ideology in favor of the thoroughly enjoyable memoir embedded in the book. With his endearing, well-written anecdotes of romantic bumbling and freshman foibles, Douthat produces a fun little gem of narcissism, a pleasant indulgence for author and reader alike...
...notes that “you’re twenty-five times more likely to encounter a wealthy student than a poor student at an Ivy League or Ivy-imitating college.” The figure should have a chilling effect on any reader who still thinks meritocracy allows all walks of life an equal shot at success. The average household income of a Harvard student soars into the six-digit range. We’re as representative of the national mosaic as Congress...