Books & Culture
Books & Culture
Books haven't stopped mattering, but what it means to write one, read one, or call yourself an author is changing faster than the culture around books has caught up to. This section looks at authorship, the case for books in an algorithmic world, and where literary culture is actually headed.
The Future of Literary Culture Is More Fragmented, Not Less
A single, unified literary culture with shared gatekeepers and shared conversation is not coming back. What's replacing it is worth taking seriously on its own terms.
What Is Changing About the Meaning of Authorship?
Authorship has always been messier than the solitary-genius myth suggested. What's new isn't the mess. It's how visible the mess has become.