June 19, 2018

It seems nuts to me that, at the same time America is separating immigrant families, keeping kids in custody while kicking their parents back across the Mexican border (or hauling them by… Read more »

Authors

Christian university fires new professor for contents of his novel — Amelia Stymacks
BBC Books drops transphobic author from Doctor Who anthology — Nikki Griffiths
Han Kang "gives" new work to Norwegian forest — Tom Clayton
81-year-old debut novelist is shortlisted for a literary prize, so take that, ageists! — Michael Barron

Oh, God, a Mike Pence bio is coming

Taylor Sperry

O! What fresh hell is this. Last week, John Maher reported for Publishers Weekly that Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press is crashing The Shadow President, a biography of Vice President… Read more »

Elon Musk millionairesplains Marxism to a lefty publishing house, or, How much musk would an Elon musk if an Elon could musk musk?

Ian Dreiblatt

So, Elon Musk is getting dragged on the internet right now, and it is relatively glorious. Musk has done many things to earn the contempt of the screengazing masses, from falsely smearing… Read more »

“Most people in any field don’t do a very good job”: Pauline Kael at ninety-nine

Melville House

If you woke up this morning feeling, oh, cinematic, it may have been because today marks the ninety-ninth anniversary of the birth of the legendary Pauline Kael. Kael is best known for her time… Read more »

Melville House Books

We put together an anthology of soccer writing for World Cup season

Michael Barron