Jodi Picoult attacks favouritism towards 'white male literary darlings'
Bestselling author attacks New York Times for narrow focus of its review coverage
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult has criticised the New York Times for focusing on "white male literary darlings" in its book coverage, following Michiko Kakutani's rave review of Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 20 August, 2010
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