The paper mills have various techniques to take advantage of desperate or lazy researchers and to trick publishers: some operate as a marketplace in which extra authorship slots on already--accepted papers are up for grabs. Others take published papers and use AI to tweak text and graphics to escape plagiarism detectors. - Nature
While “Sonnets of Dark Love” was once published in translation in France, it had never appeared in the poet’s homeland or native language because his family kept the collection hidden. In 1983, an anonymous group hoping to force the family’s hand had the sonnets published and sent to 250 influential figures. - The Guardian
The fate of Ellmann and his Joyce biography highlights the disorienting transformation of literature as a field of study. The canons dismantled during the Theory incursion of the 1970s and ’80s introduced a more inclusive world of letters, even as the upheaval left English departments fragmented. - The Atlantic
Our analysis of the dataset shows how there is still a ways to go before women’s writing is valued — awarded, remunerated and read — equally to men’s. - The Conversation
“What does it mean when the majority of the African LGBTQI+ narratives lauded as ‘important,’ ‘urgent,’ or ‘powerful’ are ones where queer black bodies are tortured, shamed and violated? And what kind of reading culture is fostered by a publishing industry that prioritizes those particular narratives?” - LitHub
“Biography alters as we do, as our conceptions of motive evolve, as theories of personality float into fashion or fade away. It offers a snapshot of our working notions of selfhood.” - The New York Times
As these credentials suggest, there is a widespread view, if not a consensus, that she is one of the major poets writing in English today. - The Walrus
As I got older and developed a more mature understanding of what literature is, the prizes started to seem increasingly bizarre and then sort of embarrassing. - Persuasion
“The literary journal Lapham’s Quarterly is relaunching its website and podcast this summer under the editorial guidance of the writers Donovan Hohn and Francine Prose — a fortuitous and surprising turn for a magazine that seemed on the brink of extinction” following suspension of publication in 2023 and Lapham's death last summer. - The New York Times
The author and activist reported on Bluesky last week that her Facebook account on Facebook was suspended, later adding that she was told the decision was permanent. Then the Chronicle reported the ban, and within 24 hours Solnit was reinstated, with a Meta spokesperson saying the suspension was in error. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
With the sudden closing of Small Press Distribution last year and the impending disappearance of National Book Network, the avenues for small presses in North America to get their books into retail stores have been evaporating. Enter Stable Distribution, a joint venture of Hachette Book Group and the Stable Book Group. - Publishers Weekly
To read for joy, for wonder, for emotional truth is to hold onto something deeply human. And in a moment when the stories we’re allowed to tell and read are increasingly politicized, if not outright banned, that act feels quietly radical. - The New York Times
