Zadie Smith

Netflix goes Wonka (This week in books)

October 1, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week books! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a links roundup, and I have quite a few good ones to share. Let’s get to it! Netflix spent over £500 million on a golden ticket and purchased the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire catalog. They have movies, TV shows, and more planned. Jay […]

Why Are So Many Literary Writers Technophobic?

February 16, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

It seems like hardly a week goes by without one literary writer or another hyperbolically decrying the way we’re all going to hell in an electronic handbasket. First Jonathan Franzen argued that e-books are damaging society and suggested that all “serious” readers read print. Last week Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan complained of social networking, […]