tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post6838600841318758003..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Wrinkle WrejectionsWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-72945670225310098602007-09-14T10:16:00.000-04:002007-09-14T10:16:00.000-04:00My sisters and I really enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time....My sisters and I really enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time. It was about nerdy, gawky kids who were scorned by their peers but came out okay. And we loved all the stuff about evil -- especially how it was foiled in the end. Good old fiction, God love it.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-2034290865819232172007-09-12T21:23:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:23:00.000-04:00I never read this book, but have always felt espec...I never read this book, but have always felt especially in awe of people who write lit for children. The first books I loved were written by that special breed of writer, of course. In importance, I place them above the writers I enjoy as an adult. Rest in peace, Ms . L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-8027991216726837972007-09-12T07:58:00.000-04:002007-09-12T07:58:00.000-04:00One of the reasons for those rejections, apparentl...One of the reasons for those rejections, apparently, was that, among other things, the book dealt with evil. Oh. Kidlets don't know the first thing about evil, huh? Never experience it, wouldn't know it if it came their way - which it never, ever does, right?<BR/><BR/>"A Wrinkle in Time" is a great book. Congrats to Farrar, Straus & Giroux for realizing it; they deserve every penny it's made for them. <BR/><BR/>Peace to Madeleine L'Engle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com