- Spoiler alert: Leaked children’s book allegedly reveals Star Wars: The Force Awakens details before film’s release. (Comicbook.com)
- Joyce Carol Oates causes confusion with ISIS tweets. (L.A. Times)
- A viral essay on sexual entitlement in the writing community (Tin House) and some things women can can take away from reading sexist male authors. (Electric Literature)
- The New Yorker takes an interest in novellas. (GalleyCat)
- Comic-book icon Alan Moore encourages writers to self-publish, calls the industry a “complete mess.” (io9)
- Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren’s former Stockholm apartment opens to fans. (Lit Reactor)
- Obstinate Texas refuses to let anyone fact-check its public school textbooks. (CS Moniter)
- Poet Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. (Melville House)
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