Husky: Elena Ferrante Once Again Foils A Journalist’s Attempt To Profile Her

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In Which Elena Ferrante Once Again Foils A Journalist’s Attempt To Profile Her

Merve Emre: “Over the course of a two-month correspondence, … the distance between us seemed only to expand. She answered questions I had not asked and ignored the ones I had. She got irritated, apologized, misinterpreted my phrasing — willfully, I suspected.”

Elena Ferrante Says Using Stereotypes In Fiction Is Fine

Within reason, that is. "It's useless to point out to the storyteller that stereotypes are abundant in real life. The narrator says he's sorry: look, the thief really was Neapolitan, and there really was laundry hanging in the alley. ... In this case stereotypes become functional" — they become a shorthand for the reader, helping the narrative flow smoothly — "the writer obeys rules; the story is a journey with inevitable stopping points – very familiar, yet always enjoyable." …Read More

There Are Better Ways To Measure A Publisher’s Success Than Money

“How do we measure commercial success? There seem to me to be five measures, all important but all with shortcomings.” Richard Charkin, former head of Bloomsbury Publishing and former president of the International Publishers Association, argues that “building up cash reserves is not in itself an indication of success. What really matters, in my opinion, is the building up of publishing assets.”

Many Literary Magazines Are Born To Die

There are so many factors that kill lit mags. “Radical passion often meets practical reality. Sometimes the fire behind great literary magazines is the exact thing that causes them to burn out. Other magazines lose institutional funding, fold because of scandal, or vanish along with their masthead.”

Yeah, The Art World Is A Cesspool. I Still Love It

“I hate this toxic rot and junkie-like behavior. Yet I love art and the art world. I hate the portrait of that world contained in this movie, but I also recognize in it what I love.”

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The experts' guide to surviving in the remote Australian Outback

Two men have died in remote parts of WA in the space of a week in what are believed to have been heat-related incidents — but experts say the Outback can be enjoyed safely with the right precautions.