http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/backscratching-in-our-time-jami-attenberg-and-julie-orringer/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Thu, 16 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/backscratching-in-our-time-jami-attenberg-and-julie-orringer/#comment-8876 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:55:24 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=24203#comment-8876 Thanks, Thomas. A basic principle of newspaper ethics says: Journalists shouldn’t just be above conflicts of interest — they should be above the *appearance* of conflicts. So it’s disappointing that the New York Times let Orringer review this book. Many other critics could have reviewed Attenberg’s book as well as or better.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/backscratching-in-our-time-jami-attenberg-and-julie-orringer/#comment-8874 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:22:19 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=24203#comment-8874 I’m not surprised. There are so many ways to hype a book, worthy or not. No conspiracy is required, either. I suppose if someone write a kind review for your book, it would be easier to write a positive review about theirs. Thanks for watching for these…coincidences?

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