This week! Books! Publisher McGraw Hill is under fire for charging its freelancers a 2.2% “administrative” fee just to get paid. This is another form of wage theft and it needs to stop. Freelance isn’t free. Simon & Schuster will publish former Vice President Mike Pence’s memoir, which will “address the many pivotal moments of […]
This Week in Books
RIP Beverly Cleary (This week in books)
This week! Books! Get vaccinated if you can! The world of books lost one of the greats this week as legendary children’s book author Beverly Cleary passed away at the incredible age of 104. Tributes poured forth from across the book world, and I think it’s safe to say that many of today’s prominent authors […]
What’s after the plague? (This week in books)
This week! Books! As we Americans ramp up our vaccinations and the end of the pandemic feels like it could possibly be around the corner, it’s very tempting to wonder what’s next. I really enjoyed this fascinating essay by Jill Lepore about what the end of plague novels say about what could lie ahead. Teens […]
Support our Asian communities (This week in books)
This week! Books! It’s been a seriously dark time in this country with a horrific mass shooting at massage parlors in Atlanta and an uptick in hate crimes against Asian-Americans. Author Alexander Chee talked to poet and critic Cathy Park Hong about how anti-Asian violence must be a bigger part of the anti-racism discourse, and […]
RIP Norman Juster (This week in books)
This week! Books! Sad news this week as Norman Juster, the author of one of the most beloved and influential children’s books of all time, The Phantom Tollbooth, passed away at the age of 91. Smithsonian has a fascinating adaptation of Angus Fletcher’s new book, which breaks down eight important literary innovations and the neuroscience […]
Horton hears a huh? (This week in books)
This week! Books! Your weekly culture war freakout is brought to you by Dr. Seuss. After the Seuss Estate announced that they would let six of his titles with racist caricatures go out of print, quite a few people seemingly lost their freaking minds and opted to stick it to the Seuss Estate by… uh… […]
