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Kyle Francis Williams retweeted
"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."
—@Puyana discusses his debut novel, FREEDOM IS A FEAST, with Full Stop's @KyleFWill: full-stop.net/2024/08/20/int….
"We do everyone a favor by refusing to romanticize and by acknowledging the material reality that shapes the books we read."
@PublicBooks continues the essential work of demystifying the book industry in this interview with @dan_sinykin publicbooks.org/life-inside-…
This is probably my favorite part of the story I just had published in @adroitjournal: the immense sadness of dreaming of labor. theadroitjournal.org/issue-f…
"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 @adroitjournal for publishing it. theadroitjournal.org/issue-f…
Kyle Francis Williams retweeted
For far too long the business of bookselling has been romanticised, in effect ignoring that it is a business after all.
My morning today starts with bringing 115 boxes off a UPS truck and into the bookstore. Here's my essay on how we talk about labor in the book industry @PublicBooks : publicbooks.org/there-is-no-…
I'm mostly not on Twitter anymore but I put too much effort into making these slides for just my stories so here's some highlights from my year in reading.
Kyle Francis Williams retweeted
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
My morning today starts with bringing 115 boxes off a UPS truck and into the bookstore. Here's my essay on how we talk about labor in the book industry @PublicBooks : publicbooks.org/there-is-no-…
I wrote about the de/valuation of labor in the book industry, as a review of ON THE ART OF LIBROMANCY for @PublicBooks. Thank you to @cummins_megan for letting me air my grievances. publicbooks.org/there-is-no-…