Notable Articles
August 15, 2012
“A Right Fit”: Navigating the World of Literary Agents 95
by Michael Bourne
If it sounds like I’m saying, “It’s all about who you know,” that’s because that is exactly what I’m saying. You can rail about how unfair that is, and how it makes publishing into an incestuous little club, and to a degree you would be right. But that’s the way the machine is built, people.
August 7, 2012
The Great Taxonomy of Literary Tumblrs: Round Two 40
by Nick Moran
Six months ago, I rounded up a list of my favorite literary Tumblr accounts. Alas, six months in the real world is different from six months online, and Tumblr now has grown by a few million blogs. So with that in mind, I’ve decided it’s time for another list — a better list, a bigger list.
August 2, 2012
Dickens’s Best Novel? Six Experts Share Their Opinions 22
by Kevin Hartnett
What was Charles Dickens’s best novel? It depends whom you ask of course. Searching for clarity, I decided to pose the question to a handful of leading Victorianists. I sent out emails to select scholars asking them if they’d be interested in choosing a novel and making their case. Just about everyone I reached out to was game.
July 2, 2012
Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2012 Book Preview 49
by Editor
At 8,700 words strong and encompassing 76 titles, this is the only second-half 2012 book preview you will ever need. Enjoy.
June 29, 2012
The High Line: New York’s Monument to Gentrification 28
by Michael Bourne
The High Line is the distressed skinny jeans of public parks, the gourmet taco truck of urban tourist attractions.
June 22, 2012
The Game’s Afoot: The Case of the Mystery Genre’s Terrible Secret 20
by Daniel Friedman
The biggest secret in crime fiction is that there are really only, like, four ways to tie up a mystery, and I’m going to show you all of them in 1200 words. Get ready to have an entire genre irrevocably spoiled.