Last week saw the announcement of the National Book Awards annual “5 under 35” list. Seemingly establishing a new precedent, all […]
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For the past eight years, my life has consisted of stone-faced immigration officers and service as a teabag mule. At the age of […]
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Last month, the literary world was rocked by the release of Alissa Nutting’s debut novel Tampa. Labelled the year’s most controversial […]
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Susan “George” Schorn writes the McSweeney’s column Bitchslap, but she’s got a lot more to say. She’s a black belt, learned […]
Read moreThe Rise of the Female Book Review Editors: Will Anything Change?
A guest column written by Joanna Scutts. The most recent VIDA count of men and women in the book criticism business, from […]
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