Weblog of the Week: Maud Newton
Why I Like It: Maud Newton, the creation of writer Maud Newton, is my favorite weblog about books and writing. I read it for a lot of reasons--books news, literary gossip, and insight from Maud and her guest writers. Whenever I don't read it, I feel like I'm missing something.
It's that newsy feel that might explain why Maud Newton has attracted so much attention from traditional media sources like USA Today and The Washington Post.
You can learn more in Maud's "canned bio," which also reveals that she was once a lawyer. That fact figured in a post I did last year: "Maud Newton, Lawyer-Writer."
Recommended Reading:
1. In two recent posts, Maud writes about F. Scott Fitzgerald's Contemporary Authors profile and the interesting practice of bookcrossing.
2. In a post about Disney's adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Narnia Chronicles, Maud predicts that a "shitstorm" will greet the film's release.
3. In a post about waiters in New York City, Maud passes on some gossip about John Grisham.
Related Posts: The Weblog Review Series--all prior weblog reviews
maud's blog is excellent--saw a reference to her in gawker recently, and she's definitely the on-line source for the new york literary community!
Posted by: lawyerwriter | April 30, 2005 at 03:08 PM
Evan,
Thanks so much for linking to this site. Last week I finished the Narnia books with my oldest, and was struck by some of the very lines Maud describes as raising controversy. I'm not an evangelical so I guess I didn't find them offensive, I just found them surprising (not quite orthodox, when I was under the apparently mistaken impression that Lewis was quite orthodox). The Narnia books overall were a little disappointing to me and my children, although the Lion the Witch... and the Last Battle (the last book) were quite good.
Posted by: Mark | April 30, 2005 at 08:07 PM