WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith

Links for the East Side Readers' December discussion.

Here's the Reading Guide, an excerpt, and a brief introduction to the author, Zadie Smith. This is a companion guide to the book and some more links....

• Zadie Smith in Wikipedia
• White Teeth in Wikipedia
• Reading Group Guide Questions...
• White Teeth/ Zadie Smith on Authortrek :: Links & a glossary of phrases & themes in White Teeth (click the Reading Guide link)
• Zadie Smith, according to the British Arts Council
• Hysterical realism (Wikipedia)
• Postmodernism (Wikipedia)
• Word Spy - hysterical realism ::used in context
• White Teeth reviewed by The New Republic ::
The original James Woods review that started the discussion
• The Believer - Rejoice! Believe! Be Strong and Read Hard! :: Heidi Julavits on Woods' article on hysterical realism
• The war for the soul of literature :: Laura Miller's take in Salon
• Books | Tell me how does it feel? ::
James Woods on hysterical realism & the novel, post-9/11
• Books | This is how it feels to me ::
Zadie Smith's response to Woods in the Guardian
• The divine Ms H ::  Zadie Smith on Katharine Hepburn
• Things Zadie Smith thought to include A to Z
• Quirky, Sassy and Wise in a London of Exiles :: NY Times review
• The New England Another NY Times review
• Salon.com Books | The flower of cities all
• Really negative review by Dan Schneider :: (whoever he is)
• White Teeth: post-colonialism | Review | Guardian :: controversial review
• Amazon reader reviews :: sorted by MOST HELPFUL
• A Good Start: :: NY Times Interview
• Lovely PBS interview
• Salon.com | Girl wonder (article)
• Smith's interview on White Teeth with Amazon.UK
• Village Voice interview
• Mr and Mrs Smith | An interview with her husband
• Washingtonpost.com: Online live chat with Z. Smith
• Zadie bites back :: The book was made into a 4-part tv series
• The White Teeth TV movie has no bite :: Slate review of the TV series
• Masterpiece Theatre | White Teeth on tv :: Lots of links with pictures of the cast, a film clip, timeline, loads of goodies
• White Teeth (2002) (TV) from IMDB :: Apparently the DVD has not been released due to music rights issues. Food for thought when your novel moves to tv.