We think Elizabeth Merrick, who we made fun of for coming out against stiletto-loving chick lit authors and then holding a book party for her Not Chick Lit anthology at a purse store, has mulitple personalities. On the one hand, she's all 'mature and rational defense of fancy Literature against the dumb bitches who just want to make a buck from writing.' And on the other hand, as evinced during day one of her tenure as Bookslut guest editor, she's all "get back to baby oil and iodine duty chez the breastosauri." We like booby-fixated Elizabeth better than scold on behalf of The Novel Elizabeth, so we hope this personality sticks around. Maybe a THIS IS TIT LIT anthology could result.

Earlier: Not Chick Lit Party Location Speaks Louder Than Title

Elizabeth Merrick's This Is Not Chick Lit anthology has been kicking up bloggy controversy since the deal was first announced on Publisher's Marketplace. Then Merrick fanned the flames with an outspoken defense of her decision to marginalize an entire ill-defined genre of female writers, who she accused of writing about nothing but "more feet! more purses! more stilettos!" So you'd think she and the ladies who her subtitle deems "America's best women writers" would be a little bit more choosy about where they'd plan to host an event celebrating the "golden literary moment" that "serious women writers" are having right now.