What did I just say? I will say it again as even I cannot believe it.
Reading is NOT important. In fact, that is exactly what is being said by
a favorite southern newspaper. The Atlanta Journal Constitution let go
their book editor and is discontinuing their book section. Yes, you
heard me right. A newspaper has decided that books, reading, and
literacy are not important. In fact, having a book section is bad
business, those pages are just not selling enough newspapers. They are
considering plugging in The New York Times Book Reviews. I don't know,
but if I wanted to read The New York Times Book Reviews I would
subscribe to The New York Times or check it out online for goodness sake.
Book reviews are not selling enough newspapers? Sensational news stories
and color photos help sell papers. Why not just do a whole newspaper in
pictures, maybe add some coloring pages. I also believe comics are
something that everybody reads. What is happening to America? Here there
are some of us doing everything we possibly can to promote reading in
our homes, schools, book clubs, communities, and literacy
not-for-profits and yet one of the leading southern newspapers wants to
cut costs by doing way with the section that deals with reading?
As a bookseller, a reader, and now an author, I have always thought that
The Atlanta Journal Constitution was the newspaper to look to for the
best in good reads, known for it's book section and book reviews. That
newspaper has been considered one of the premier book review sections in
the country especially for southern authors and readers. Sorry for the
pun, but looks like covering books is gone with the wind.
Read the petition below that was sent to me by Shannon Byrne and look
and see who has signed this petition. That is right, I am number 244. I
was awed by all the authors and their comments. Feel free to sign and
post a comment, I did. In this day and age I am dumbfounded by a
newspaper that does not want to support books and reading. I thank God
for The Marshall News Messenger everyday. Not one day goes by that they
do not have a story on literacy, usually three or more. And guess what?
They are both under the Cox newspaper umbrella. Go figure.
Tiara wearing and as God is my witness, book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
www.beautyandthebook.com
To: The Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s recent decision to eliminate its book
editor position—and, possibly, its book review section—is demoralizing
beyond words. The AJC's book section is one of the best-edited literary
pages in the country. It provides Atlanta, which ranks #15 on the
University of Wisconsin’s list of most literate cities in the U.S., with
a powerful and necessary cultural dialogue. Under the astute guidance of
the section’s editor Teresa Weaver, the books page has demonstrated an
admirable commitment to both literature and nonfiction works which have
grappled with some of America's most complicated issues and themes.
Not only has the AJC’s book section helped to champion such important
writers as Edward P. Jones, William T. Vollmann, and Colm Toibin, not to
mention Paul Hendrickson and Monica Ali—all of whom are now recognized
as major literary voices—but it has struck a fine balance by also
letting readers know, through in-depth interviews and event listings,
about more popular authors who make Atlanta a stop on their book tours.
If the major newspaper in a major market like Atlanta lacks a book
section, then we may soon be missing authors, too, when publishers
decide not to send their writers to a city where the primary forum of
ideas and review is ignoring them.
I am a subscriber to and/or a frequent reader of the Atlanta Journal
Constitution, and I want the AJC to continue publishing a book section
edited by Teresa Weaver that gives Atlanta a unique, thoughtful approach
to books, one that represents a diverse array of voices, and is not
simply fed by wire copy from the Associated Press or the New York Times.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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1 comments:
I am a student of police science and criminal psycology. As a research project we were given information on not well known cases. My assignment was to gather information on the pantyhose murders.
The information given me was that this occured in the early 1970's. The victims were all university girls. The victims were all wearing micro mini-skirts and pantyhose.
The killer would hide inside their apartment. As soon as the girl would step inside the door, he would grab them and place them on the bed. He would put a pillow over their face and began suffocating them. He would revive them and smother them three or four times over. One girl he suffocated for forty five minutes before killing her.
After smothering the life out of his victims he would remove their pantyhose and keep them for a sick trophy. The girls were not raped. They were found fully clothed with the exception of their missing pantyhose.
I was wondering if anyone knows more information on this weird case? Are there any true crime authors out there?
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