Sentences with phrase «literary elite»

And yet there's so much hatred from literary elites for people who read «trash» like romance or SF.

And so now what they see is people like you, or Amanda Hocking, who are selling way more books than them, who are way more famous and way more popular, and they're not getting chosen by the New York literary elite; they, more importantly, actual people are buying their books because they actually enjoy them.

The Philip in question is Philip Friedman (Jason Schwartzman), a novelist and member of the sort of Northeast liberal literary elite that usually inhabit Noah Baumbach movies.

But then combine that with the fact that if you're 48, let's say, and if you grew up your whole life being told, «You're an author if you get published,» and, «You're an author if you get chosen by the New York literary elite,», and then let's say you've actually done it.

He provides a particularly splendid account of the city's literary elite, who frequently wrote their most lively commentaries under pseudonyms.

An agnostic much of his life, he also had vast experience in sin while running with the literary elite of his day.

Most controversial were the Sacred Dramas, a series of plays depicting biblical events, which were met with hostility from the literary elite and strict religionists alike.

By the Light of My Father's Smile (Random House) should have been well «received by our literary elite.

Most of Jesus» early followers were lower - class people who were considered unimportant by the political and literary elite.

The site has attracted attention from some of the literary elite, including fellow Canadian Margaret Atwood.

It used to be that having a book deal with a big traditional press was akin to earning a coveted place among the literary elite.

If you expect to be treated with a velvet backscratcher, and have the literary elite fete and fawn over you, then yes, times are not great.

When they've been accepted by the literary elites, and they've been given advances and have received the support of a publisher, what motivation could make them switch to publishing independently?

Her husband, Duke, is a descendant of an infamous Confederate general; her brother, Gaston, is a successful crack novelist bitter at not being among the literary elite; her sister, Dillard, is practically a recluse.

The UK's most lucrative prize for unpublished authors has once again opened for entries, with a place amongst the literary elite on offer for the writer who stands out from the field featuring some of the world's best undiscovered novelists.

I'm one of those people now — not me, personally, because I hate those people — but the people like, whatever novelist you want to pick, Jonathan Safran Foer, those type of people, to them, their identity is about being chosen and selected by the literary elite.

Many of the literary elite like J.K. Rowling and Stephen King have made a lot of money from selling books but they've also made lots of money from other things like movie deals, speaking engagements and yes, even merchandise.

The company's move shows the snobbery of the literary elite and its utter lack of concern for the plight of millions of Americans.

You are talking to a man whose mentor (John Ohliger) first brought me into the book review game because he wanted to take what had been a kind of academic white tower of book reviewing reserved for the literary elites into the province of the common folk — housewives, cab drivers, students, (and in my case) social workers.

Big traditional publishers no longer have the «prestige» they once did It used to be that having a book deal with a big traditional press was akin to earning a coveted place among the literary elite.

Contrary to popular belief in the circles of the literary elite, the «general population» is composed of some pretty bright, pretty discerning readers.

She did, however, host glamorous soirées at her elegant studio at 5 Mulberry Walk, where her guests mingled with the darlings of fashion, the literary elite and young royals.