Can anyone be part of the literary establishment?
Kelly Burdick
“There is no such thing as the literary establishment. I know this because I am part of it,” writes Geoff Dyer in a Guardian essay. But why not just try and define what… Read more »
“There is no such thing as the literary establishment. I know this because I am part of it,” writes Geoff Dyer in a Guardian essay. But why not just try and define what… Read more »
Michael Emmerich, the translator of Banana Yoshimoto’s The Lake among many other books, will be at New York’s McNally Jackson tonight for “The Bridge” translation series. He’ll be joined by… Read more »
It is reminiscent of the early stages of negotiating a professional sports bargaining agreement. That is to say everyone is smiling and reminding each other of their assets and how… Read more »
Last week Goodreads’ Otis Chandler wrote an article describing various ways in which books are discovered, both online and off. For anyone unfamiliar with Goodreads, the site is a socially-oriented online… Read more »
Over on The Bookseller’s blog, a big-name UK agent, Jonny Geller, has put together an ‘agent’s manifesto’, to redress the current problems in the publishing industry. It reads: » The… 7 / Read more »
Former CIA chief details Castro’s secrets The power of the familiar in Amsterdam Stories Friends, family, and everything else Philip Roth’s birthday in Newark Literature’s best benders, and hangovers Have… Read more »