This week! Books! The resurgence of book bans remains distressingly rampant as parents try to control not just what their own kids read, but other kids as well. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what some are calling “parents rights” is really “when some parents have the right to dominate all the others.” Alyssa Rosenberg has some […]
Donald Maass
Social media is a dumpster fire (This week in books)
This week! Books! You know it, I know it. Social media just isn’t what it used to be. Approximately 15 years into the social media era, and 8 years after GameGate marked the beginning of the end, we’re at a messy nadir, where the giants (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Snap) are earnestly committing suicide, the insurgent (TikTok) […]
The PRH/S&S antitrust suit gets underway (This week in books)
This week! Books! The antitrust lawsuit over Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster is in full swing. Shira Ovide writes about how the threat posed by Amazon is looming in the background of the trial, and Publishers Lunch ($ links) has some extensive recaps of the testimony so far. The latest prominent […]
How to develop creative rituals (This week in books)
This week! Books! It’s publishing summer, which means things typically slow down a tad, though this year all bets are off. I still managed to find a few links for you. First, in case you missed it last week, I’m offering classes on navigating the traditional publishing process and getting a book deal! And you […]
Legislation introduced for a new Federal Writers’ Project (This week in books)
This week! Books! A brief scheduling note that I am going on a post-vaccination blog holiday for a couple of weeks, and I’ll be back with fresh content on May 24. Hope everyone who has access to a vaccine gets one and please consider donating to countries in need if you have the means. I’ll […]
