I wrote about the de/valuation of labor in the book industry, as a review of ON THE ART OF LIBROMANCY for Public Books. Thank you to @cummins_megan for letting me air my grievances. publicbooks.org/there-is-no-su…

It’s admirable that “The Art of Libromancy” seeks to deconstruct book-selling, @kylefwill writes, but the book’s allergy to critiquing the forces of capitalism that structure the industry leaves its analysis lacking and its prescriptions limited. buff.ly/41i4zdg

Everyone working in retail this week deserves a medal.

For far too long the business of bookselling has been romanticised, in effect ignoring that it is a business after all.

"Boring, as far as felonies went." I have a new short story out today about a young man who decides to grow weed in his closet. It's called "Building Character." Thank you The Adroit Journal for publishing it. theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-ei…

This is probably my favorite part of the story I just had published in The Adroit Journal: the immense sadness of dreaming of labor. theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-ei…

"We do everyone a favor by refusing to romanticize and by acknowledging the material reality that shapes the books we read." Public Books continues the essential work of demystifying the book industry in this interview with Dan Sinykin publicbooks.org/life-inside-th…

"The only way I could approach writing something that means this much to me was to find moments of beauty and hope and connection in a very hard and ugly history." —Alejandro Puyana🇻🇪 discusses his debut novel, FREEDOM IS A FEAST, with Full Stop's Kyle Francis Williams: full-stop.net/2024/08/20/int….

Congrats to Full Stop Interviews Ed. Kyle Williams! 🍾

I can't wait to read this book!