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In Service of the Avant Garde: On the Unlikely Success<br> of Siglio Press

In Service of the Avant Garde: On the Unlikely Success
of Siglio Press

Elissa Schappell Talks to Independent Publisher Lisa Pearson

By Elissa Schappell | October 25, 2022

Vanessa A. Bee on How Writers Can Make Rejection Work For Them

Vanessa A. Bee on How Writers Can Make Rejection Work For Them

“Let them channel that spiteful energy into their work, if spiteful energy is the fuel they need to unlock their full potential.”

By Vanessa A. Bee | October 12, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own

Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own

On the Books We Can Part With, and Those We Can’t

By Elizabeth McCracken | October 4, 2022

“Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature

“Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature

Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow on Monopolies in Modern Publishing

By Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow | October 3, 2022

In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me

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Sophie Vershbow on the Remnants of Past Careers That Stay with Us

By Sophie Vershbow | September 29, 2022

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On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

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Jennifer Weiner: How Plus-Size Women Finally—Finally!—Landed on Book Covers

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