Amanda Filipacchi
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Combating Cover Judgment
In my thought, a book reviewer was sitting in front of a pile of books, trying to decide which ones to review. Coming upon mine, the reviewer looked at the cover skeptically, about to fling it aside, then flipped to…
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Literary Feuds in the Digital Age Get Ugly
While we were all shaking our heads about sexist changes to the “American Novelists” page, Wikipedia editor “Qworty” was taking action—by making a series of “revenge edits” to Amanda Filipacchi’s page. But, sadly and strangely, that was only the tip of…