The New Prophets of Empathy by Leo Kim

https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-new-prophets-of-empathy-kim?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20August%209%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #AI

The “trauma” of publishing a novel by Megan Nolan

I once found it risible to hear authors describe the publication process as “traumatising”. Then my first novel came out, and I went crazy.

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/08/trauma-publishing-novel?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20August%209%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification by Jesse Rifkin

https://lithub.com/how-the-9-11-attacks-sparked-a-never-ending-wave-of-gentrification/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20July%2013%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #Gentrification

"When I meet bookish types with young-adult offspring, many speak of how their kids once devoured fiction, but have abandoned it. What those middle-aged bookish types are ashamed to add is that they themselves—with extensive culture and extensive bookshelves—scarcely read fiction anymore."

On the Pitfalls of Book Promotion in the Internet Age by Tom Rachman

https://lithub.com/on-the-pitfalls-of-book-promotion-in-the-internet-age/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20June%2026%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#publishing #BookPromotion #LitHub

"Imagine Dostoevsky, nagged to update his Facebook page. Or Emily Dickinson at a poetry slam, posted on Instagram. Or Kafka addressing his fans on TikTok: “Hey, guys! Brutal wakeup today: I open my eyes, and I’m, like, an insect—what is up with that?! Check out my new story, #Metamorphosis. Hit ‘like,’ and subscribe below!”"

On the Pitfalls of Book Promotion in the Internet Age by Tom Rachman

https://lithub.com/on-the-pitfalls-of-book-promotion-in-the-internet-age/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20June%2026%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#publishing #BookPromotion #LitHub

Revise, Revise! Anna Badkhen on the Joys of Revision ‹ Literary Hub

https://lithub.com/revise-revise-anna-badkhen-on-the-joys-of-revision/ #writing #LitHub

“What we must do is commit ourselves to some future that can include each other and to work toward that future with the particular strengths of our individual identities. And in order for us to do this, we must allow each other our differences at the same time as we recognize our sameness.” Audre Lorde #LitHub

Spokesperson, Intellectual, and… More? On the New and Shifting Role of the Translator

Lawrence Venuti Considers the “New Visibility” of Literary Translation

https://lithub.com/spokesperson-intellectual-and-more-on-the-new-and-shifting-role-of-the-translator/

#LitHub #translation

Uh, Twitter?

You sure look excited about something today...

...

(Oh for god's sake, somebody throw a towel over that.)

#Twitter #LitHub #UnintentionalPhallicImagery

Turns out that America’s most “recession-proof” business is . . . bookstores. by Emily Temple

https://lithub.com/turns-out-that-americas-most-recession-proof-business-is-bookstores/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2016%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #Bookstores #bookselling

An Unstandardized, Decentralized Carnival Fire: How Rare Books Are Cataloged

Oliver Darkshire on Learning the Tricks of the Antiquarian Book Trade

https://lithub.com/an-unstandardized-decentralized-carnival-fire-how-rare-books-are-cataloged/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2014%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #RareBooks

Fabulous Fungi: On the Endless Possibilities of the Mushroom

Meg Madden Explores the Many Ways to Use Mushrooms

https://lithub.com/fabulous-fungi-on-the-endless-possibilities-of-the-mushroom/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%209%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #Books #Mushrooms

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

Leigh Stein Wonders Why More Book People Don’t Embrace the Publishing Juggernaut

https://lithub.com/booktok-is-good-actually-on-the-undersung-joys-of-a-vast-and-multifarious-platform/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20February%2013%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #BookTok

Laura Warrell on Publishing While Black: “What’s key is not that authors of color talk about race the ‘right’ way, but simply that we’re here.”

https://lithub.com/laura-warrell-on-publishing-while-black/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20February%206%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#publishing #LitHub

Ruth Reichl on MFK Fisher’s lifetime of joyous eating 2019 #Lithub https://lithub.com/ruth-reichl-on-m-f-k-fishers-lifetime-of-joyous-eating/

Against Copyediting: Is It Time to Abolish the Department of Corrections?

https://lithub.com/against-copyediting-is-it-time-to-abolish-the-department-of-corrections/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20January%2026%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #Editing #publishing

Introducing a New Indie Press: Great Place Books
Emily Adrian, Alex Higley, and Monika Woods on Publishing the Ambitious, Weird, and Alluring

https://lithub.com/introducing-a-new-indie-press-great-place-books?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20January%2025%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#LitHub #IndependentPublishers #Publishing

Inside the Picture Perfect—and Highly Lucrative—Business of Book Styling ‹ Literary Hub

https://lithub.com/inside-the-picture-perfect-and-highly-lucrative-business-of-book-styling/

#LitHub #BookStyling

Extremely moving and insightful piece from Italian novelist #AndreaBajani: How Mussolini's Legacy Lives on in Both the Public and Private Spheres via #lithub https://lithub.com/how-mussolinis-legacy-lives-on-in-both-the-public-and-private-spheres/
#italy #fascism #family #patriotism

"If 2023 might just be the year you submit your application to Love Is Blind, trust me: you’re going to want to buy this book, sight unseen."

Love the way this piece in #lithub describes my book, TRUE STORY: WHAT REALITY TV SAYS ABOUT US!

https://lithub.com/what-to-read-next-based-on-your-new-years-resolutions-2/