The Reading Fee Is Not the Problem
A nonfiction note on submission fees, literary outrage, and why transparency matters more than ritual purity.
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Nonfiction writer on the money, labor, status games, and institutional absurdities surrounding art, teaching, publishing, and supposedly creative work.
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Can usually locate the unpaid labor in a room before locating the refreshments.
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The Exposure Economy Has Office Hours
A short nonfiction piece about exposure, creative labor, and the strange bookkeeping of literary prestige.