tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68387892009-02-21T00:44:06.740-05:00CupcakeSeries.comFrom 2003-2005, Cupcake presented readings by some of New York's best women writers. <br>This blog offered our take on the literary world, writers we love, and the evils of chick lit.<br>Cupcakenoreply@blogger.comBlogger604125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1114550278040363092005-04-26T17:16:00.000-04:002005-04-26T17:17:58.040-04:00Goodbye From CupcakeDearest Cupcakes,We're sad to inform you that April was the final edition of Cupcake. In the nearly two years that the series existed, we were proud to have presented readings by some of New York's best women writers. The time has now come for each of us to move on to pursue other endeavors.We thank you for having made Cupcake one of the many reasons that people look to Cupcakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1114184033836325252005-04-22T11:20:00.000-04:002005-04-22T11:40:11.586-04:00I am being kept quite busy working with so many talented clients and friends! Here's what going on this weekend. Hope you can join us!In tonight's special event, entitled "Southern Girls Do It Better!", Georgia native Tayari Jones - winner of the Hurston/Wright Award for Debut Fiction for "Leaving Atlanta" - reads from her new novel, THE UNTELLING (Warner Books, April 2005) with Texas-born, Lauren Cerandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940491813228114694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1114007167141035772005-04-20T10:10:00.000-04:002005-04-20T10:31:06.843-04:00As you may recall, the coverage of last year's National Book Awards was rather shady and we were not amused. Much of the insult centered on the description of the five nominees as "parochial", attributed to National Book Awards Executive Director Harold Augenbraum. He recently emailed me to say that he was misquoted, and after I asked, said it would be fine to excerpt his original email:Every fewLauren Cerandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940491813228114694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113919364969621772005-04-19T10:02:00.000-04:002005-04-19T10:10:21.550-04:00As you know, I spend much of my time working with clients on literary publicity projects. Right now I'm really blessed to be working with two amazing women writers whose books, quite serendipitously, are both being officially released today: Quinn Dalton, author of Bulletproof Girl, and Tayari Jones, author of The Untelling.Quinn and Tayari both took part in a conversation, along with Carrie A. ALauren Cerandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940491813228114694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113917859373241092005-04-19T09:35:00.000-04:002005-04-19T09:37:39.373-04:00A big Cupcake fan writes in:As a devotee of flavorpill (which has from time to time included the Cupcake reading series among its weekly “picks”), I decided to add, Boldtype (an e-mail newsletter published by flavorpill), to my already overflowing inbox. Boldtype is hyped as “an email-based book review based on a simple guiding philosophy: to cover every month 5-7 books worth reading. Like a Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113577959277609362005-04-15T11:10:00.000-04:002005-04-15T11:14:35.290-04:00Must read this Times article on apalling sexism in academia. Check it out:At Harvard, for example, there are 149 men with tenure in the natural sciences and just 13 women. Cynthia Friend, the chairwoman of the chemistry department, remains the only woman who has ever received tenure in chemistry at Harvard.(By comparison, women have done better in the humanities departments at Harvard, where 39 Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113494641231483732005-04-14T11:59:00.000-04:002005-04-14T12:19:16.590-04:00A big thank you to Rene Steinke and Paula Kamen for giving such fine performances last night--what a special Cupcake it was! These two are fabulous: do check out Paula's new book, ALL IN MY HEAD, and Rene's new novel, HOLY SKIRTS, asap. These writers have inspired a new venture (in my mind, for now, at least): the Cupcake Brain Trust. Both are writing such important parts of our history: Rene Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113412026411976552005-04-13T13:06:00.000-04:002005-04-13T13:07:06.410-04:00Hey everybody--so we'll see you tonight at Lolita (266 Broome St. at Allen) at 7:30 pm for Rene Steinke and Paula Kamen--don't miss it. We can't wait to see you and say hi.xoElizabethElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1113319317262149942005-04-12T11:14:00.000-04:002005-04-12T11:21:57.263-04:00Hey everybody--so much going on over here, I've been distant, forgive me. But one of our favorite Cupcake alums is on point, and she sent along this link last week from chandrasutra on the subject of how Wonkette has become the token woman blogger in mainstream media coverage of blogland. Must read. xoElizabethElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1112815580862266072005-04-06T15:21:00.000-04:002005-04-06T15:26:20.863-04:00I just had a delicious little meeting of the minds with the always-inspiring Cupcakes Take the Cake folks--check it out if you're in the mood for ruminations on pastry and bourbon.xoElizabethElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1112806683689132232005-04-06T12:54:00.000-04:002005-04-06T12:58:03.690-04:00And after you're done with your long lovely afternoon stroll, check out recent Cupcake Samantha Hunt tonight at BookCourt in Cobble Hill. If you missed her at Cupcake earlier this year, this is your chance! Details:163 Court St.Brooklyn, NY 11201(718) 875 36777pmF or G to Bergen StreetxoElizabethElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1112806113838221612005-04-06T12:46:00.000-04:002005-04-06T12:48:33.840-04:00Who can blog with this much sun and gorgeousness? (Or this much email, but forget that for a minute and let's focus on the sun.) Take a sec though, and thank the governor of Illinois for protecting a woman's right to choose.xoElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1112628473441475382005-04-04T11:01:00.000-04:002005-04-04T11:27:53.443-04:00Hi everybody--sorry it was such a slow blogging week last week over here, I have been really busy with my other various projects. I read at Barbes last Thursday, and had a fabulous time--thank you everyone who came out! It's just really so much fun to have a full room of friends together, I think I might have to have a party soon. Ned Vizzini, who runs the series over there, is wonderful and willElizabethnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111732020761672162005-03-28T00:45:00.000-05:002005-03-28T00:45:46.056-05:00The brilliant Sara Zuiderveen pointed me to Edward Champion's Return of Tannenhaus Watch, which again is pleasing me in quite the same way as these past few links people have been sending along: the discussion of the need for women writers in positions of authority seems to be building momentum. Edward is checking on the NYT Book Review, because some of us are so depressed by its gender stats Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111789782753503262005-03-25T17:27:00.000-05:002005-03-25T17:29:42.756-05:00Editors' note: Writer Paula Kamen will be guest-blogging here on Fridays in March.WELL, EVEN ULYSSES S. GRANT GETS HEADACHES!Speaking of the ups and downs of the author's endless pursuit of external validation, I was both entertained and aghast at a mention of my book in the NY Times today, in an article on the cover of the Weekend Arts section.The good news, they spelled my name right. And the Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111789610258059962005-03-25T17:25:00.000-05:002005-03-25T17:26:50.260-05:00Editors' note: Writer Paula Kamen will be guest-blogging here on Fridays in March.STARLET FEVERThis has nothing to do with literature, at least directly. For weeks now, I've been hooked on reality show The Starlet on the WB (making history as the first person over 30 to watch that channel), shown Tuesdays at 9 pm Eastern Time. A reason is that my friend's cousin Katie (the sunny blonde one from Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111789486328739082005-03-25T17:17:00.000-05:002005-03-25T17:24:46.330-05:00Editors' note: Writer Paula Kamen will be guest-blogging here on Fridays in March.In a Bipolar Author Disorder fashion, I will give a rambling and somewhat disconnected report of literary happenings of the past week in my world:--Speaking of Sick Lit, last week I met Christa Donner, the editor of the clever Chicago-based 'zine, Ladyfriend: For Ladies and their Friends. It addresses the Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111732805326589912005-03-25T01:30:00.000-05:002005-03-25T01:40:21.626-05:00Editors' note: Writer Paula Kamen will be guest-blogging here on Fridays in March.BIPOLAR AUTHOR DISORDER: NO CURE WANTEDI have been writing about the genre of "sick lit" very seriously so far, but I think I've been dwelling on it too much, because I'm now coming down with a brand new (surprisingly common yet undiscussed) disorder. I noticed it tonight when I bumped into another author in a cafe,Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111687995799481102005-03-24T13:02:00.000-05:002005-03-24T13:21:51.106-05:00Seattle poet, fiction writer, and editor Jenny Scott points us to this important article at Editor & Publisher, on why there aren't more women Op-Ed writers:Patrisia Gonzales, who co-writes a Universal Press Syndicate column with Roberto Rodriguez, said: "I hate to generalize about this, but here goes. ... Men make most of the decisions about who's hired as a columnist or who's accepted as havingCupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111682002429426042005-03-24T11:32:00.000-05:002005-03-24T11:38:49.416-05:00So, as you may know, Bjork has this tendency to run around and say she's not a feminist. But check her out in the Observer (thanks Rachel for sending the link):'It's interesting for me to bring up a girl. You go to the toy store and the female characters there - Cinderella, the lady in Beauty and the Beast - their major task is to find Prince Charming. And I'm like, wait a minute - it's 2005! Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111647401977755582005-03-24T01:46:00.000-05:002005-03-24T01:56:41.980-05:00Well will you look at Lauren go? You should, because I'm fairly certain you'll be working for her one day soon. She is the best. Except that she fed me a really delicious actual cupcake at Sugar Sweet Sunshine this morning and then I was wearing mis-matched prints (from Target and TJMaxx respectively, though that was the least of the problems involved) and being a cranky bloodsugar lunatic on theCupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111625815946228472005-03-23T19:15:00.000-05:002005-03-23T21:50:29.366-05:00Oooh what a full dance card I've had this week! Je regret not checking in with you more frequently, but between the usual hot dates and lots of work for some freelance clients with hotly-anticipated new fiction coming out in about a minute, I haven't had as much time as one might to prefer to blog the revolution lately.Enjoyed a lovely lunch with Kevin Smokler on Monday (look for his intriguing Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111378785017383002005-03-22T17:10:00.000-05:002005-03-22T21:32:55.316-05:00HOT DATE: TONIGHT!"Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in AmericaTuesday, March 22, 20057PM @ Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street (Between Stanton and Rivington), 212.777.6028, FREEUnder Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America is an anthology of essays by women that explore through a child's lens the sometimes savage, sometimes innocent, and always complex, ways in which race shapes Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111388305815435212005-03-21T01:35:00.000-05:002005-03-21T04:22:01.976-05:00This review of our recent Cupcake reading with Megan Kelso and Ariel Bordeaux is so kick ass! And *dude*, you are not becoming a sissy. I get that there's this thing about digging a feminist reading series, but there are a quite a few men doing just that at Cupcake every month. Besides, that guy in the womens' studies classes -- he's kind of figured it out, right? Because last time I checked, Cupcakenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838789.post-1111381946698932572005-03-21T00:05:00.000-05:002005-03-21T00:12:39.480-05:00I LOVE the sound of SMUT, the new weekly series at Galapagos, and they are hungry for smart, sexy submissions:HIGH-RISK READING AND PERFORMANCE SERIES AT GALAPAGOS IN WILLIAMSBURG: SUBMISSIONS: SMUT is currently accepting submissions appx. 15 minutes in length from writers and performers.Appropriate smutty material might include:- Readings (read by authors or performed by actors)- Performance ArtCupcakenoreply@blogger.com0