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Getting Rid of Book Blurbs? Easier Said Than Done

Getting Rid of Book Blurbs? Easier Said Than Done

Maris Kreizman on One of Publishing’s Eternal Inevitabilities

By Maris Kreizman | February 13, 2025

A Friendship Across the Color Line: How Shared Southern Roots Brought a Black Writer and a White Editor Together

A Friendship Across the Color Line: How Shared Southern Roots Brought a Black Writer and a White Editor Together

Tess Chakkalakal on the Unlikely Literary Partnership Between Charles W. Chesnutt and Walter Hines Page

By Tess Chakkalakal | February 5, 2025

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

“A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.”

By Josh Cook | February 4, 2025

Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

An Essay Series by Josh Cook on How We Should Respond to the New Administration

By Josh Cook | January 21, 2025

How to Talk About Your Own Book

How to Talk About Your Own Book

Maris Kreizman’s Advice (to Herself) on Self-Promotion

By Maris Kreizman | January 16, 2025

We, the First Readers: On What It Means to Publish a Book

We, the First Readers: On What It Means to Publish a Book

Publishing Legend Luis Schwarcz Considers the Nature of His Calling

By Luis Schwarcz | January 16, 2025

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Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

By Naomi Day | January 9, 2025

I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | January 9, 2025

The Book News is Generally... Good?

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Maris Kreizman on What We Really Need to Do to Combat All the Political Lying

By Maris Kreizman | October 24, 2024

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 17, 2024

“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

Betsy Lerner Considers the Difficult Yet Important Work of Publishing Messy and Vulnerable Stories

By Betsy Lerner | October 2, 2024

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

Maris Kreizman Considers the View From the Other Side

By Maris Kreizman | September 26, 2024

Calling all comrades! Your favorite leftie publishing house needs a kickstart.

Calling all comrades! Your favorite leftie publishing house needs a kickstart.

By Brittany Allen | September 25, 2024

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

Oliver Radclyffe on the Long and Winding Road to Publication Day

By Oliver Radclyffe | September 25, 2024

I’ve Finished My Manuscript, Now What? On Dealing With Post-Book Blues

I’ve Finished My Manuscript, Now What? On Dealing With Post-Book Blues

Lance Richardson Offers Advice and Solidarity To Writers Struggling to Find a Sense of Purpose Between Projects

By Lance Richardson | September 23, 2024

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