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What books are on your night stand? “Everything/Nothing/Someone” by Alice Carrière, “Everything’s Fine” by Cecilia Rabess, “The Drama of the Gifted Child” by Alice Miller, “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan, “Severance” by Ling Ma, “The Future” by Naomi Alderman. What books are you embarrassed to admit you’ve never read? I’m all about emotion and beauty of the language over intellect. I want to weep, not take notes.
Persons: Alice Carrière, Cecilia Rabess, Alice Miller, , Claire Keegan, “ Severance, Ling Ma, Naomi Alderman, What’s, Sting ”, Paul Murray, Read, you’ve, , Ulysses
The Rise of the M.B.A. Novelist
  + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Cecilia Rabess | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Illustration: Tomasz WozniakowskiA generation ago, the image of a writer might call to mind a literary ascetic, a Hemingway-esque figure hunched over a manuscript in the deep dark woods, untouched by the workaday concerns of fellow man. Today’s writers are—often by economic necessity—built differently. Of course, some writers have sold insurance or inspected potato chips to make ends meet, but increasingly they take their day jobs seriously. Increasingly, they may not identify as writers exclusively. They may even have business degrees.
Persons: Tomasz Wozniakowski, Hemingway
But she didn’t expect a backlash to strike six months before the book was published. In January, after a Goodreads user who had received an advanced copy posted a plot summary that went viral on Twitter, the review site was flooded with negative comments and one-star reviews, with many calling the book anti-Black and racist. Some of the comments were left by users who said they had never read the book, but objected to its premise. “It may look like a bunch of one-star reviews on Goodreads, but these are broader campaigns of harassment,” Rabess said. As a cross between a social media platform and a review site like Yelp, the site has been a boon for publishers hoping to generate excitement for books.
Persons: Cecilia Rabess, Goldman Sachs, ” Rabess, Goodreads Organizations: Twitter
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