Adam Kirsch has thoughts about the other big problems with the Nobel Prize for Literature and calls them “the Politburo of literature.” (The Atlantic)
Rachel Deahl reports that publishers are starting to include “morality clauses” in their author contracts because of #MeToo. For fuck’s sake. (Publishers’ Weekly)
Feleena Hopkins has discovered the worst way to get attention for her books: trademarking the word “cocky” and threatening other authors. (Book Riot)
This story tickles and annoys me at the same time: Ian McEwan helped his son with an essay on one of McEwan’s novels and the teacher gave the son a C-. (Jezebel)
