At Salon Teddy Wayne describes the plight of the American male midlist author.
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Sense of Community
Salon profiles independent bookstores across the United States.
The Human Cost
At Salon Scott Timberg argues that the creative class is a cruel fabrication.
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Tagged culture, salon, scott timberg, usa
The Requisite Chin Beard
At Salon Will Lavender explains how he “learned to stop worrying and love the thriller.”
Posted in Writing
Tagged crime fiction, salon, will lavender
Empathy Killed the Assassin
At Salon Erin Keane examines the complications that arise when novelists double as book critics.
For writers who both produce and critique, danger lurks on both sides of the desk. A bad, or even lukewarm, review can cost an author sales, reputation, exposure. But panning a peer can hurt the reviewer, too.
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Tagged criticism, erin keane, lev grossman, salon
A Quiet Spot to Read, Write, and Think
Laura Miller at Salon explains why libraries still matter.
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Tagged laura miller, library, new york, salon
Hours Spent Not Writing
Laura Miller of Salon questions the trend of author self-promotion.
It has become a mantra that today’s author–whether self- or conventionally published–must learn to promote his or her books. Some, like Eisler and Hocking, happen to be good at it, but many aren’t. People often become writers because they’re introverted or awkward in personal encounters and have poured everything they want to say to the world into their work.
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Tagged laura miller, publishing, salon
Mainlined Bourgeois Wish Fulfillment
I did manage to work my way through the whole book, however, by an expediency that I recommend to anyone else who must suffer through it. I simply chanted to myself, “Die, yuppie scum, die,” when I reached the end of each page, and it made the time fly by marvelously well.
At Salon P. Z. Myers reviews The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks.
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Tagged book review, capitalism, david brooks, pz myers, salon, usa