2015
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
James Patterson is giving away $2,000,000 in holiday bonuses to bookstore workers and libraries. An adults-only sex shop in Anchorage, Alaska is getting remade into an indie bookstore. Philadelphia’s Hakim’s Bookstore, a landmark African-American shop, is a small business on…
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Imagine That
Like every other year, in 2015 we wrestled with the knowledge of our constructed selves. But rather than eschew personhood as a postmodernist might, we considered just who we’ve been inventing: What do you write about when you no longer…
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An Editor’s High-Priced Advice
Submission fees irk writers because they often prey on novice writers without the connections to bypass slush piles. Narrative Magazine is one of the worst offenders, with a fee of $23, seven times the typical fee of $3. Narrative justifies the…
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Grumpy
Here’s how not to get eaten by a gecko. Stand on the gecko’s head. I’ve learned that this applies to many situations.
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Rise of the Poetic Machines
For Motherboard at VICE, Elizabeth Preston profiles the work of Sarah Harmon, a programmer in the field of computational creativity. Harmon has taken significant steps in designing programs that can learn the rules of language and literature to create their…
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Year in Review
At The Morning News, prominent writers and thinkers discuss what they believe to be the most and least important events of the year. For example, Jazmine Hughes, associate digital editor of the New York Times Magazine, says: “The best and worst…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Brandon Hicks
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Brandon Hicks! Brandon sends us a very creative, funny, non-traditional letter. He really wants to get to know you so, he has included fifteen thought-provoking questions he would…
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Season of Lists
Now that the year’s end is approaching and Grammy nominations are official, everyone’s rolling out their “best of” lists. Pitchfork is one of the more obsessive cataloguers, weighing in with a best of albums, songs, music videos, lyrics… you get the picture.…
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Yes, There Were Drinks
Lit Hub sat down with the founders of Emily Books, Emily Gould and Ruth Curry, to talk about their decision to start their new imprint, from drinks at Palomas to their first book, Jade Sharma’s Problems.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Dale Corvino
There’s a connection between the longings of the characters I develop in my fiction and my urge to dominate.
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Gentrifying Atlanta
There are assuredly very complex reasons for why and how this phenomenon of gentrification plays out in Atlanta and in general. But one has to wonder what it means for the vibrancy of Black culture which resides in these cities…
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Next Letter for Kids: Pete Hautman
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from National Book Award-winner Pete Hautman! Pete writes an awesomely illustrated and very funny letter about one of his favorite activites—hunting wild mushrooms in the forests of Minnesota! Don’t miss out on this letter—subscribe today!…