“There really is no average day in the life of a literary agent,” writes Mark Gottlieb in his attempt to describe an average day in the life of a literary agent.
A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent
We Asked For It
Sinclair Lewis tried to warn us and we didn't listen–it can always happen here. Over at The Literary Hub, this piece takes a look at Lewis's 1935 political novel It Can't Happen Here as a mirror for Donald Trump's unlikely rise to political superstardom.
Porn Studies
A new academic journal dedicated to critical explorations of “cultural products and services designated as pornographic” will debut next spring. “Porn Studies is a direct outgrowth of the mounting scholarly interest in the topic of pornography as a significant, yet relatively under-examined, realm of popular culture,” writes Lynn Comella.
Did You Say Sudoku
"Tsundoku: the acquiring of reading materials followed by letting them pile up and subsequently never reading them." Do you buy books and let them languish? According to Ozy, there's a Japanese word for that. Might we encourage your tsundoku habit by encouraging you to look at this list of our favorite October releases?
Curiosities: Smoldering Eyebrows
E-book pricing wars continue. Sony tries to hit the Kindle where it hurts by offering cheaper e-books. Meanwhile, $0 is becoming an important price point at the Kindle store.Sam Anderson hates Thomas Pynchon.An indie bookstore fan uses our bookstore tour as a jumping-off point for a literary day in Manhattan. You can too.
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