Peter Matthiessen, Co-Founder Of The Paris Review, Dies At 86 – Peter Matthiessen died last week of acute myeloid leukemia. He may be best remembered for the writing he did in the wake of his world traveling, but Matthiessen was also a lifelong community and political activist, and he initially ... more >
OPEN THREAD: WHAT MAKES A BLACK FILM A BLACK FILM? – A short but pithy piece about how films get categorized as “black films” versus, say, “Comedy” or “Sports Drama.” There is a strong parallel to Romance here, not only in terms of the way POC Romance has often been ... more >
Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Open Road E-Book Dispute – In a copyright dispute between Open Road and Harper Collins publishers, Harper Collins has been awarded a judgment against Open Road for copyright infringement. The book in question, Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George, was published in digital ... more >
Lippman On Women and Ambition – This is a relatively short but powerful talk by Laura Lippman, and while she identifies herself explicitly as a crime writer, she’s speaking, in a sense, for all women writers, and certainly for all women writers of genre fiction. She embraces the concept of ... more >
Dear Ms. Leckie, I finished reading your debut novel, Ancillary Justice, about a week ago and I am still in awe of just how good it is. I suspect I will remain in awe for a long time. I first came across Ancillary Justice, the first book in the Imperial ... more >
Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker for circulating ‘Hateful Eight’ script – Well, this might be interesting. I say “might” because who knows if the case will ever see the inside of a courtroom. There’s a lot going on here, beyond the question of intellectual property rights. Tarantino’s camp obviously wants to ... more >