Betsy Lerner’s “Big” Story

If you’re eagerly anticipating the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, be prepared to wait until 2034. You can blame the internet for the delay, which has made research easier but also leads to information overload. There are so many new words that the dictionary would be 40 volumes if it ever makes it to print, but expect it to be only online instead.  For more on the new OED, read a profile of new editor Michael Proffitt.

Has the drudgery of submitting poems, stories, and manuscripts ever gotten you down? Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize winner A Brief History of Seven Killings, had his first novel rejected by nearly eighty publishing houses. Here’s a take on self-publishing from The Millions if all of this has got you down.

We have written about author and Interview Magazine’s Editor-at-Large Christopher Bollen a few times before. He recently sat down with The Rumpus to discuss his latest work, Orient, mystery novels, and writing. Fun fact: he’s obsessed with Agatha Christie.