Comments on: Women Shut Out of Publishers Weekly List of 10 Best Books of 2009 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/women-shut-out-of-publishers-weekly-list-of-10-best-books-of-2009/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: knightofswords http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/women-shut-out-of-publishers-weekly-list-of-10-best-books-of-2009/#comment-7853 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:02:08 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=16996#comment-7853 Unless the winner is an outright joke, it’s easy to lavish praise on it, ignoring why a more praiseworthy book remained in the shadows.

So it goes.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/women-shut-out-of-publishers-weekly-list-of-10-best-books-of-2009/#comment-7852 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:30:33 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=16996#comment-7852 I’ve written (on this site or elsewhere) that there’s often a code of omertà among the judges of literary prizes and similar honors like the “ten best” lists. The judges typically explain in the citation why one book won, but not why others lost.

]]> By: knightofswords http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/women-shut-out-of-publishers-weekly-list-of-10-best-books-of-2009/#comment-7851 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:27:06 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=16996#comment-7851 Even when we point out the nonsense and favoritism tangled up in these lists, the primary response from the list makers is silence. There’s never any rationale offered about why book XYZ was included while book ABC was ignored.

Malcolm

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