An ill wind?Although Alice Randall has written a clever and provocative work with The Wind Done Gone, it is more of a bizarro-alternate-universe Gone With the Wind than a true parody per se ["Gay With the Wind," September 11]. Those seeking literary parodies of GWTW GWTW Gone With The Wind (novel) might want to check out 1990's The Book of Sequels, with side-splitting vignettes written in the styles of Erica Jong Noun 1. Erica Jong - United States writer (born in 1942) Jong , Tama Janowitz Tama Janowitz (born April 12, 1957) is an American novelist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis, Mark Lindquist and Jay McInerney. , and Alice Walker Noun 1. Alice Walker - United States writer (born in 1944) Alice Malsenior Walker, Walker . Furthermore, in 1999 Alyson Books published a parody anthology titled Wilma Loves Betty, which contained a gay lampoon of GWTW (I should know--I wrote it). Dean Backus, San Jose, Calif. Randall apparently lacks the ability or energy to pen an original story and instead chose to trash a classic. The fact that she peoples her pulp with gays and lesbians does not make it worthwhile. Ron Mackovich, Los Angeles, Calif. |
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