I thoroughly enjoyed Noreen Malone's rant in the New Republic about the ever expanding length of the Acknowledgments page chapter in books today. And I was especially amused to learn that, because the New York Times Book Review has a policy of not assigning reviews to anyone who is thanked in the book's acknowledgments, authors will sometimes purposefully "acknowledge" the names of reviewers who they fear.
But I have an idea for Ms. Malone: if you are so offended by lengthy name dropping in the Acknowledgments section -- don't read it. It is almost always clearly labeled and can easily be skipped.
But I have an idea for Ms. Malone: if you are so offended by lengthy name dropping in the Acknowledgments section -- don't read it. It is almost always clearly labeled and can easily be skipped.
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