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SoapboxAdvice for Women with Book Advances
An author offers advice to women on what to do with an advance.
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Open Book
Stephanie Wrobel’s 'Darling Rose Gold' Finds a Mother From Hell
A debut novelist adds a twist to the canon of books on Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
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Was Oliver Wendell Holmes Right About Free Speech?
The director of the National Coalition Against Censorship reflects on the Supreme Court justice’s defense of freedom of expression.
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Open Book
Gabriel Bump's Ballad of a Nowhere Boy
A debut novelist delves into a boy’s life in inner-city Chicago with 'Everywhere You Don’t Belong.'
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Soapbox
We Need Diverse Editors
Author Kacen Callender argues that publishers should hire more diverse editors, since white editors often don’t relate to stories about people of color.
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The Problem(s) with Damaged Goods
Cynthia Compton, owner of 4 Kids Books & Toys, an independent children’s store in central Indiana, urges publishers to pay more attention to the way they ship their cargo.
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What the Heck Is Happening to Book Titles?!
An editor and writer laments the degradation of language in publishing.
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Open Book
Paul Wolfe Writes the Story of JFK's Lover
The author's new novel imagines the “lost” diary of Mary Pinchot Meyer, JFK’s murdered paramour.
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What’s an Influencer Worth to Books?
Two editors turned ghostwriters ask what social media stars bring to publishing.
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20 Years of NYRB Classics
The series’ editor, Edwin Frank, reflects on its origins and its objectives.
