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Amazon book tags put Woolf in adult category

Posted in books, Orlando, Twitter, tagged , , , on Monday 13 April 2009| 1 Comment »

orlandoThe latest buzz about books is the problem Amazon.com created by putting all books tagged as lesbian or gay into the adult category, making them difficult to find because they don’t come up in regular searches.

The problem even affects classics written by authors like Virginia Woolf. I am not sure which books by Woolf are affected — Orlando, perhaps?

After the news hit Twitter, the complaints poured in. Now Amazon says it will correct the search problem, which it describes as a software glitch.

NPR reported on the problem tonight. You can listen to the story, “Amazon says it will correct its search function,” here and read today’s New York Times story, “Amazon Rights Error,” here.

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Essay on Mrs. Woolf and the Servants takes legal approach

Posted in books, Mrs. Woolf and the Servants, reviews, tagged , , , on Friday 10 April 2009| Leave a Comment »

mrs-woof-and-servants-american-editionCUNY law professor Ruthann Robson has published an extensive essay on Alison Light’s book Mrs Woolf and the Servants in the Berkeley Journal of  Gender, Law and Justice, and you can read it online. 

“A Servant of One’s Own: The Continuing Class Struggle in Feminist Legal Theories and Practices” looks at Woolf, Light’s book, and contemporary “servant” problems in United States law and culture. The essay considers the role of feminist legal theories in confronting the continuing issue of domestic service, according to Robson.

You can read the essay on Robson’s Web site. You can also read about the critical response to the American edition here.

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Register for Woolf and the City

Posted in 19th Annual Internatinal Conference on Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Wednesday 1 April 2009| 1 Comment »

Registration for Woolf and the City, the 19th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf that will be held in New York City June 4 to 7, is now open, and conference organizers have planned some exciting events.

Some of the highlights, as posted so far, include:

Early bird registration has been extended to April 20, and online registration is open until May 8. Click here to register and get answers to frequently asked questions.

And if you are looking for three graduate credits, consider taking the summer class taught by Anne Fernald during the week of the conference. It’s called “Woolf: Modern Women and the City.”

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