Link Du Jour: Author vs. Online Critic

The latest outrage in the book world comes from Kathleen Hale and her article for The Guardian ‘Am I being catfished?” An author confronts her number one critic. Aside from making the author look terrible, it brings up all kinds of questions about the current state of online book reviewing. (Warning: the article contains occasional [...]

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The latest outrage in the book world comes from Kathleen Hale and her article for The Guardian ‘Am I being catfished?” An author confronts her number one critic.

Aside from making the author look terrible, it brings up all kinds of questions about the current state of online book reviewing.

(Warning: the article contains occasional foul language)

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Pretty wild, eh?

(Top Image: catfish gyotaku by Stephanie Sicore https://flic.kr/p/5Hr8wr)

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