There is “a new generation of young, digitally astute poets whose loyal online followings have helped catapult them onto the best-seller lists, where poetry books are scarce. These amateur poets are not winning literary awards, and most have never been in a graduate writing workshop.”
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This SNL Comedian Who Is Also Now An ACLU Ambassador
“‘Comedy is analysis,’ said Zamata. ‘All I do as a comedian is analyze society. So, while people are listening, I may as well highlight subjects they may not regularly analyze on their own.'”
David Mitchell, Author Of Cloud Atlas, Is Not Into ‘Genre Snobbery’
“It’s a bizarre act of self-mutilation to say that ‘I don’t get on with science fiction and fantasy, therefore I’m never going to read any,'” Mitchell says. “What a shame. All those great books that you’re cutting yourself off from.”
The Only Serious Path To Work-Life Balance Is Less Work
Compared both to full-time and non-employed mothers, “the part-timers seem to be closest to the sweet spot.”
When Great Writers Get A Number Of Rejections, That’s Actually Data About A Problem In Publishing
“While other sectors have certainly overlooked brilliant new ideas and missed opportunities for innovation, this fact isn’t usually romanticized or celebrated. In other sectors this level of oversight would be called ‘a system failure,’ or ‘inefficiency,’ or ‘failure to innovate.’ And policies and practices would be put into place to try to prevent this from happening in the future.”