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Book Review: Slender Man Is Coming Edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill

When I first heard of the Folklore podcast, I decided to start from the first episode, which turned out to be on Slender Man. Intrigued, I googled the Contemporary Legends journal mentioned in the episode and found this book that was based on the journey/ Slender Man Is Coming is a collection of essays on… Read More Book Review: Slender Man Is Coming Edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill

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Book Review: Everything and Less – The Novel in the Age of Amazon by Mark McGurl

What has Amazon done to the novel? An easy answer (at least for those of us who have followed self-publishing circles) might be to bring up the “tsunami of crap” argument that was really popular in first half of the 2010s. But with Hugh Howey’s Wool, E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey, and much more,… Read More Book Review: Everything and Less – The Novel in the Age of Amazon by Mark McGurl