top books

erin and i have been busily swapping links regarding the whole new york times top american books of the past 25 years blah blah. we have also been busily discussing the lack of younger contemporary authors on the list. she jsut sent me a link presenting an alternate list--one with books i actually like!* i look forward to seeing further results from this survey.

the folks at critical mass (scroll down, link on the left) have also been presenting some interesting commentary on the whole debacle.

i jsut don't think philip roth is the greatest living american author--but as i keep saying, that is probably because i am a girl.


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*note--i do like beloved and some of the other books on the list, but the very masculine tenor of the list, and the fact that most of the authors are currently like 60+, means that most of my own favorite american works didn't appear.