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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“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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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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Anne Fernald will lead the group, which will meet for four Monday sessions: April 6, April 20, May 4 and May 22. Each session will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
According to Anne, the group will discuss four of Woolf’s “city novels” in preparation for the upcoming 19th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, whose theme is “Woolf and the City.” The novels under discussion include Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, Flush and The Years.
“I’m very honored and excited to be leading this group, and I expect it will be a really fun way for New York Woolfians to talk about Woolf’s fiction with each other,” Anne wrote in an e-mail to the VW Listserv.
Meetings will be held at the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction, 17 W. 47th St., between Fifth and Madison avenues.
The cost is $65 for non-members and $50 for members. You can sign up for the group here and find out more about membership in the Mercantile Library here.
Anne Fernald is the author of Virginia Woolf: Feminism and the Reader and is an associate professor of English at Fordham University, the host for this year’s Woolf conference.
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The last time, I changed residences — 15 years ago — I felt utterly exhausted by the end of moving day, but I did not feel mad.
However, on that stifling hot and humid day in June, my two teenage sons probably thought I was. That is because I informed them that the next time I moved, it would be into a nursing home — and the two of them would have to do all of my packing and hauling themselves.
A new book by Louise DeSalvo, On Moving: A Writer’s Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again explores the “troubled homemaking histories” of famous writers. It posits that for some, “moving can be paired with madness,” according to a review in the New York Times.
Check out the book and see whether you agree with DeSalvo’s theories about Woolf’s moves. You can read the first chapter here.
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