“The controversy erupted after Army Radio, which has been under pressure from right-wing politicians to broadcast more patriotic programming, aired a show about the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, a revered figure among Palestinians whose work is a staple of school curriculums.” (Wait, who’s Godwin again?)
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If Writers Billed For Their Time And Had To Account For Their Hours…
Here’s what the ledger might look like. Christopher D. Legras investigates.
Why Big Publishing’s Blockbuster Mentality Is Good For Indie Presses And Good For American Literature
“When editors and publishers feel they need to fight for every moment of planned reading, and readers are experiencing a shrinking cultural attention span, it’s surprising that large books inherently make the most market sense. With this pattern of investment behavior, major presses are inadvertently helping foster an environment where American indie presses can thrive by doing the very thing they’re best at: being small and, by extension, focusing on creativity and originality over sales.”
What – From An Academic Perspective – Constitutes Plagiarism?
“Scholars tend to disagree on what plagiarism is and how to distinguish it from paraphrasing. Many scholars say plagiarism is defined as five or more words used directly from another source without attribution. Sometimes plagiarism is an obvious copy-and-paste job, while other times it’s more subtle.”
How Diversity Is Forging A New Flowering Of Science Fiction
“In the last 15 years, women and women of color have come into the field in unprecedented numbers. But what this means is that we’re in a full flowering of potential for science fiction because we’re getting science fiction from so many different kinds of voices. So what this era will be remembered for is that.”
The Strand Bookstore’s Famous Quiz For Job Applicants (So Just How Smart Are You?)
“There are tests for driver’s licenses and citizenship, for New York City landmarks preservationists and sanitation workers. But a quiz for an entry-level retail job at a bookstore?”
Will America Finally Recognize This Woman As One Of Its Great Living Novelists?
“Many, many writers are chronically broke. Many have a long list of grievances with the publishing industry. Many will tell you about the circumstances that would have allowed them to enjoy the success of Ernest Hemingway or David Foster Wallace. Many have had multiple brushes with suicide, but there’s only one who wrote The Last Samurai and Lightning Rods, two of the finest novels published this century.”
Published At 16, And Still Learning The Lessons About What Being A Writer Means
“With an odd, unjust circularity, being a published writer was the very thing that enabled me to continue to be one.”
The Best Photos Of The Century-Old Theatre That Became A Bookstore
“In 2008 El Ateneo Grand Splendid was named the second most beautiful bookshop in the world by The Guardian, and that’s no surprise.”
This Woman Squatted At James Baldwin’s House In Order To Save It
“To clean the floor of James Baldwin’s guest room would take 32 disposable cleaning wipes. I figured this out on my hands and knees, estimating the square footage of the terra cotta tile surface. There were 40 wipes in the package. If I used one wipe per roughly two square feet, I’d have enough.”