Katie Smith, Author at Book and Film Globe

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Can't Even

You Better Work

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Anne Helen Petersen, Buzzfeed, Can't Even

‘Can’t Even’ offers a history of U.S. labor, and defends burnt-out millennials

Disaster Tourist

CREATORS FICTION Writers

Travel is a Disaster

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Lizzie Buehler, The Disaster Tourist, Yun Ko-eun

An interview with ‘Disaster Tourist’ author Yun Ko-eun (and her translator)

Microwave

FICTION NON-FICTION

Please Stop Microwaving Your Library Books

September 21, 2020 Katie Smith 1 Comment CDC, Free Library of Philadelphia, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Library Book, microwave, RFID, twitter

A COVID-era public service announcement

Sasha White

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Literary Agency Fires Agent for TERF-y Tweets

August 26, 2020September 1, 2020 Katie Smith 1 Comment Anya Palmer, Bethany Baptiste, Jesse Singal, Matt Belford, Sasha White, Tobias Literary Agency

Fired agent’s supporters flooded the hashtag #IStandWithSashaWhite

Luster

‘Luster’ is More Than Just Another Rom-Com

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Luster, Raven Leilani

Sharply-observed debut novel lingers in discomfort

Libro.fm takes aim at Audible

July 30, 2020August 5, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Amazon, Audible, Jeff Bezos, Libro.fm

As Amazon chief Bezos testifies before Congress, the indie audiobook provider blasts ‘Exclusive’ content

Why ‘Survivor’ Is the Quarantine Habit I’ll Keep

July 28, 2020August 3, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Jeff Probst, Survivor

Keep your Emmy noms: Five reasons to watch the reality show

Self Care

No Cure For Wellness

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Leigh Stein, Self Care

‘Self Care’, a new novel by Leigh Stein, exposes the rot at the core of an expensive industry

Harper's

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Politics Writers

Harper’s Magazine Letter Cancels Cancel Culture

July 7, 2020July 14, 2020 Katie Smith 3 Comments Bari Weiss, David Brooks, Harper's, J.K. Rowling, Josh Gondelman, Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky

150 authors and academics, including J.K. Rowling, sign the open letter

Rowling

CREATORS FICTION Writers

TERF Wars

June 18, 2020June 23, 2020 Katie Smith 2 Comments Andrew James Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Dawn Ennis, Hachette, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Sara Benincasa, The Ickabog, transphobia

The strange, sad saga of J.K. Rowling, transphobe

#PublishingPaidMe

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Writers

#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Racial Disparities

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments #PublishingPaidMe, Angie Thomas, Chip Cheek, Jessmyn Ward, Mandy Len Catron, Roxane Gay

White writers report large advances and ad dollars

Silent Reading

FICTION NON-FICTION

Your New Night ‘Out’ is an Online Silent Reading Party

June 10, 2020June 9, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Silent Reading, The Stranger

Seattle’s The Stranger hosts a weekly Zoom meeting for lonely readers

Corvisiero

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Literary Agent Gets Cancelled, Fires Her Whole Staff

June 4, 2020June 10, 2020 Katie Smith 20 Comments

Marisa Corvisiero didn’t want them “caught in the crossfire.”

@Litgossip

@LitGossip Collects Publishing Industry Drama

May 27, 2020May 26, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments @litgossip, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jami Attenberg, Lincoln Michel, Rodham

Twitter account quickly became the subject of the very industry dirt on which it reports

Normal People

FICTION TELEVISION

You Should Read ‘Normal People’ First

May 12, 2020May 17, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People, Paul Mescal, Sally Rooney

It will make you love the TV adaptation even more

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