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Bookslut Bids Farewell
Well the only reason Bookslut was interesting was because it didn’t make money, and when I realized the sacrifices I was going to have to make in order for it to make money, it wasn’t worth it. It used to…
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The Jokes That Define Us
Vulture has a retrospective of 100 years of history-defining jokes. Like this one from The Producers: Springtime for Hitler, and Germany / Deutschland is happy and gay / We’re marching to a faster pace / Look out, here comes the master…
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A Changing Future
He says he’s not trying to predict exactly what might happen in the future, but instead offer a broad reminder that the present is not the finished portrait it might appear to be. Besides, he says, “We can’t be wrong:…
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The Perfect Crime Novel
On a technical level, it is possible to write a perfect crime novel. You might say Black Wings Has My Angel is beyond perfection. At Vulture, Christian Lorentzen explains why a 1953 heist novel is a classic of 20th-century noir.
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Shocking the American Short Story
Three more anthologies published last year suggest that while the [short] story remains one of our most flexible popular literary forms, and the quickest to absorb signals from the culture, if we’re on the verge of another revolution, the shockwaves…
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The One-Man Publishing House
Gabriel Levinson just might operate one of the world’s smallest independent publishers. ANTIBOOKCLUB releases just one book a year and each title is the product of the one-man publisher who serves as editor, marketer, promoter, and bookkeeper. Brooklyn-based Levinson has…
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Tiny Press Grows Big
Graywolf Press has evolved from a tiny, small press into a powerhouse with critically acclaimed as well as best selling titles. Vulture takes a look at Graywolf’s evolution, exploring how publisher Fiona McCrae spent the last two decades growing the business.
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Every Editors Nightmare
“The publisher functions more like an executive producer on a movie,” says the nonfiction author Susan Orlean. A New Yorker writer steeped in its culture of obsessive fact-checking, Orlean has had the converse publishing experience to Shane’s. “I remember being…
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The Battle for Reputation
In anticipation of Zachary Leder’s upcoming biography, The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, Lee Siegel grapples with the author’s tainted and troubling reputation for Vulture.
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The Era of the Very Long Novel
At Vulture, Boris Kachka looks into the recent trend of publishing “mega-books,” with the hopes of answering a seemingly straightforward question: “When did book get so freaking enormous?” In his analysis, Kachka touches upon works by Knausgaard, Tartt, and Catton, all authors of…
