Two recent incidents that kinda left me speechless.
1) Was on a zoom for this literary mag on discussing what submissions to accept vs reject. The mag is for "marginalized writers," which honestly I don't know if I belong. Anyhoo, the moderator gave an example of what we couldn't pass...."like if it promoted white supremacy." oh.
2) During my bookclub chat today, I mentioned a current memoir that I heard was not true and stolen from someone else's experience. The 'memoirist' had tour stops with Oprah. A member said "Oh, Oprah....I don't follow her since her scandals with Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz." I asked "what scandals?" "Dr. Oz is part the Trump administration!" oh.
Both of these people I respect and like but I just don't see what they see.
So sad, but I'm not surprised, LB. I remember plenty of your essays when you explain your frustrating Eight Percenter encounters in all kinds of zones of life.
Two recent incidents that kinda left me speechless.
1) Was on a zoom for this literary mag on discussing what submissions to accept vs reject. The mag is for "marginalized writers," which honestly I don't know if I belong. Anyhoo, the moderator gave an example of what we couldn't pass...."like if it promoted white supremacy." oh.
2) During my bookclub chat today, I mentioned a current memoir that I heard was not true and stolen from someone else's experience. The 'memoirist' had tour stops with Oprah. A member said "Oh, Oprah....I don't follow her since her scandals with Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz." I asked "what scandals?" "Dr. Oz is part the Trump administration!" oh.
Both of these people I respect and like but I just don't see what they see.
So sad, but I'm not surprised, LB. I remember plenty of your essays when you explain your frustrating Eight Percenter encounters in all kinds of zones of life.