“The state of publishing—in particular of the kind of fiction which is politely called ‘literary,’ meaning not ‘easy reading’ as in ‘easy listening,’ or necessarily story-led, not bestselling before it is published—is dire.”
In happier news: McSweeney’s launches a poetry imprint.
Mowgli’s mixtape.
The secret lives of Smiley.
Picture books? There’s an app for that!
And Gosling does Scrooge. God bless us, every one!
A cultural news roundup.
