Americans’ ignorance about their own country’s history has been called an “epidemic,” and yet they seem as enthusiastic as ever to consume books, TV shows, movies, and musicals with a historical slant.
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Confessions Of A White Writer Who Used A Latino Pen Name
“I’ve been struggling with ‘coming out’ for a long time. I didn’t know how. I considered quietly disappearing, which is easier to do online than it is in real life. But disappearing isn’t owning up to what I’ve done, and this issue is bigger than I am. A friend suggested that I do the opposite of disappear – make a public statement. Here’s my best attempt.”
Should Literary Journals Charge Writers Just To Read Their Work? (No)
“Publications are increasingly charging fees to consider submissions – a practice that’s bad for the writing community at every level.”
If Publishers’ Workforces Are 89 Percent White People, How Will Publishing Diversify?
“Diversity as an editor begins with your friends, your teachers, and your books. What rooms are you in? What conversations? Who are the people in your social media feeds? When you go home, is your family all white? When you go to a party, are your friends all white? When you look down your bookshelf, are all your books by white authors? Those are some tests. What people call diversity has always been, to me, my life. And so if your tastes are not diverse, your life may also not be. And if you find a result you don’t like in all of this, then you work on it.”
Yes, Teenagers Still Need Libraries
“Libraries are one of the few places people can still go to ask questions face-to-face about anything from Shakespeare and atoms to how to get help with everything from house issues to mental health. The most vulnerable members of our society need spaces where information is available from people rather than just being ‘out there’ on the internet. Not everyone has a computer or knows how to find what they need. Not everyone has books at home or a well-stocked school library.”
Who Is To Blame For Jane Austen Erotica? The BBC, Of Course
“Rated titles on Goodreads at present include Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen, Pride and Penetration, Mr. Darcy’s Undoing, Felicity in Marriage (Erotic Pride and Prejudice Continuation, #1), and the succinctly titled Spank Me, Mr. Darcy.”
Novelist Anthony Marra Interviews The Comedian Behind @GuyInYourMFA
“Marra: Can you describe that moment you realized your own extraordinary talent?
“Guy: I can actually remember quite clearly. I was in fourth grade, and we were asked to write about our summer vacations. I wrote mine entirely in the second person and without punctuation.”
How Did The ‘Night Vale’ Podcast Go Viral, And End Up With A Novel Contract?
“If the Night Vale novel succeeds, it could inspire more podcast-to-book projects as publishers search for new mediums to mine.”
The Author Of The ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Books Gets A Philosophy Prize For Them
“Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon books, about the adventures of the Viking Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, ‘stand out not only for their humour, excitement, and startlingly vivid descriptive language, but also, more surprisingly, for their profound meditations on complex political, historical, emotional and moral themes,’ said Philosophy Now, announcing Cowell’s win.”
How Amazon Became The Biggest Publisher Of Translated Literature In The U.S.
“Amazon Publishing typically distributes its books only through Amazon.com. As a result, you won’t see them on the New York Times bestseller list, which discounts books that are only available from a single retailer, or on the subway: most are sold in electronic form. … It wasn’t necessarily supposed to be this way.”