October 8, 2004

Emma Vye, literary avenger

I see Ms. Vye has been hard at it in my absence, administering her first stiff drubbing to David Bezmozgis’ widely gooed-over Natasha, a book I quite liked, incidentally. "Tapka" had me, I tell you—throw the words "gaylord" and "mental case" in with an injured immigrant dog, and I’m a goner. But of course it will eventually become clear that I’m a very permissive reader, the kind of person who invites that perverted, pees-in-the-sink friend to the party when everyone else has the good sense not to. He tells a good joke, who cares! That’s why Ms. Vye does the criticism around here.

Emma Vye—Miss Manners meets Terry Eagleton with a splash of Annie Sprinkle. She invites your kudos and objections but only if they are grammatically correct (I’m advised she scored 100% on the Eats, Shoots & Leaves punctuation quiz). All submissions will be considered fodder and therefore publishable.

Email Ms. Vye.

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