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It's Your BookWag!
Late Summer Reads from Rainbow Rowell, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Willy Vlautin and More... In just four weeks, the fall semester begins, and I’ll be teaching a university course called The Ethics of Writing Creatively. #jdheyman
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It's Your Weekly Wag!
The Politics Desk on Coconut Week. Plus: Olympics, Plague Dramas, Lava LaRue
Letter from West Berkeley
Dear Wags,
Whatever you think of Kamala Devi Harris, there’s already an echo chamber tailor-made for you.
#jdheyman
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No Judgment: You are a Genius!
Bethanne on Silly Literary Spats. Plus: Suzanne Scanlon, Caleb Carr, Salman Rushdie, and More....I come not to bury Lauren Oyler, but to praise her. Or, at least, to contextualize her. #jdheyman

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After whizzing by a string of warning billboards, we have arrived at a cliff’s edge. Somewhere before 2010, there was media, a discrete thing we manufactured and indulged in, and there was us. All that and more in your weekly Wag! (see link below)

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Hey Brainiac, It's Your New BookWag!
Three Glorious Things with Smarty Chris Bohjalian! Plus, the Week's Best Reads...By #jdheyman Last week, I shared a few thoughts on Authors Equity, the new venture founded by three top publishing executives Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/hey-braini...

Hello Genius, It's Your Kategate Wag!
Henry Brittingham-Brett Returns to Break Down a Royal Mystery. Plus, Your Recs .... By #jdheyman
Letter from Lyme Regis
Why, woman, your husband is in his old lines again:
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Hello, Genius: More Books for Your Big Brain
Disrupting Publishing (Again), Allison Pataki, Percival Everett, and More By #jdheyman In 2022, Madeline McIntosh, then CEO of Penguin Random House, took the stand in an antitrust suit against her company. Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/hello-geni...

Ghost of Nikki Finke Says: ZZZZ
One Sorta-Surprise at the Oscars? Please. By #jdheyman Let's make this quick: The Oscars need a dose of New State of the Union energy. Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/ghost-of-n...

Hello Genius, It's Our Final Oscar Calls!
The Movie Squad Weighs in Before the Curtain Goes Up By #jdheyman Every year at Oscar time, we ask ourselves: When will Hollywood cry uncle? Bemoaning the industry’s decline is getting a little rote. Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/hello-geni...

Hiya Genius, Get Your Super Tuesday Reads!
Russell Banks, Cristina Henriquez, James Kaplan, Andre Dubus III, and More ...By #jdheyman By the time you read this, I’ll have spent a few days in a balmy climate with college friends. Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/hiya-geniu...

Hello, Beautiful. It's Your Weekly Recs! Kate Winslet, Tana French, Liza Powel O'Brien, Jamie Dornan, and More Delights ... By #jdheyman
You all need to be better at being normal. When you’re not normal Read more - jdheyman.substack.com/p/hello-beau...