We would be remiss not to mention this new ‘Fifty Shades of Muppet’ trailer. Pair with our own essay on literary predecessors in published fan fiction.
We Can Get Behind This
How Much Does A Writer Make?
How much does a writer make? The Rejecter (“I don't hate you. I just hate your query letter”) breaks it down.
The Brief Wondrous Influences of Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao author Junot Díaz lists the movies, TV shows and books that most influenced him at Vulture.
“For years and years I thought the stories were just practice”
The New Yorker interviews Alice Munro.
Just Another Award
“Four years after first announcing the decision to open the prize to Americans, the Booker is virtually indistinguishable from its competitors. It is exactly what many feared it would become: corporate and daft.” Alex Shephard writing for The New Republic about why the Man Booker Prize isn't interesting anymore. Still, should you want to know who's shortlisted this year, here's our roundup.
The Eye of God
We’re guessing this is the first short story in the history of modern fiction to mention both The Legend of Zelda and a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread.
Castellanos Moya on the Bolaño Bubble, Part Two
Horacio Castellanos Moya, the author of Senselessness [review], again tackles the commodification of Roberto Bolaño, this time in a lengthy piece in Guernica. "It's the landlords of the market," he writes, "who decide the mambo that you dance."
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