TV’s Backwards Progress
One would hope that there has been steady progress in terms of the presence of women writers in television, but a recent San Diego State study suggests quite the opposite.…
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Sam Riley
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Sam Riley is an adult who works at McSweeney's.
Letters from James Dean
A little bit of James Dean has been preserved in the recently-uncovered love letters he wrote to his girlfriend Barbara Glenn. They’re dated from 1954, the year before he was…
Computers Replacing Writers
There are those companies that don’t pay their writers to produce content in order to save money, and then there is this. Narrative Science software produces content. It’s being used…
Questionable Ranking Systems for MFA Programs
Poets & Writers recently ranked the country’s MFA programs, and as rankings often do, it is being received with some hostility. Their hierarchy of MFA programs is based on the…
Blindsight Review
Carolyn Kellogg of the LA Times reviews Chris Colin’s Blindsight which tells the story of film producer Simon Lewis, and his journey to recovery following a major car crash. Kellogg…
The Latest in Amazon Ventures
Amazon is introducing a new service that presents a noncommittal book-buying option for customers. The company is considering a Netflix-like rental service for ebooks, which unfortunately, only provides more opportunity…
Genre Writing Shifts in the Industry
The Millions has an interesting essay on why literary authors are transitioning into the world of genre-writing. Whether the cause be jumping on the most marketable bandwagon, or pressure from…
1Q84 Book Trailer
Haruki Murakami’s book trailer for his forthcoming 1Q84 is intergalactic. See below:
The Post-Mubarak Literary Scene
What is the state of Egyptian literature after the revolution? Under the dictatorial reign of Mubarak, the literary scene was stifled, plagued with heavy censorship, primarily existing in “pockets of…
Canteen Magazine’s Hot Authors Project
Writers are reclaiming their rightful hotness with Canteen Magazine’s new project, Hot Authors—because we are all immune to the deluge of celebrity sex symbols. Thus, this is hotness at its…