melikhovo

melikhovo, 17 days ago to books

Since my dear friend @Cbarzak and I had our first novellas published about a month apart, we thought it would be fun to chat about the form and our individual approaches to it. So we did!

https://matthewcheney.net/matthew-cheney-and-christopher-barzak-in-conversation/

#Books #Writers #Interviews #Bookstodon #Novella @bookstodon

melikhovo, 1 month ago to random

"the bet that everyone involved has made is that it doesn't really matter whether [AI] works, which is sort of the same thing as saying that the people being pushed into using it don't really matter, either."

https://defector.com/does-it-matter-that-ai-doesnt-work

melikhovo, 1 month ago to Writers

Today would be the great writer Carol Emshwiller's 103rd birthday. She is too little known today, and so my message to the world is a simple one: Read Carol Emshwiller!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/read-carol-102216945

#Writers #Books @bookstodon

melikhovo, 1 month ago to Pubtips

Here's a list of publishers distributed by SPD until SPD closed down, erased their website, and ceased communication. Supporting small presses directly right now could be the difference for them between survival and not.

https://www.clmp.org/news/presses-previously-distributed-by-spd/

#Publishers #Publishing #SPD #Books @bookstodon

melikhovo, 6 months ago to academia

"The move to turn post-secondary education into vocational training for white collar jobs isn’t new, is unfortunately bipartisan, is looking impossible to reverse under the present system, and also doesn’t make any sense on its own logic."
—John Warner

https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/will-we-kill-the-humanities

#Academia #Humanities #Capitalism

melikhovo, 10 months ago to Curb

Some thoughts on Epstein & Friedman's wonderful documentary of "Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music" — both a film and an event that call for beauty, fabulousness, fun, and community.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/taylor-macs-24-85391101

#TaylorMac #Film #HBO #Queer #LGBTQ