The PEN World Voices Festival has been canceled.
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'A group of book critics at the Freelance Solidarity Project who are working on a parallel study have uncovered more than two dozen instances of book critics’ being paid less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour' - Amy Littlefield knows what's up thenation.com/article/econom…

If you're doing math at home:

It will cost $58.3 million so that libraries can stay open on Saturdays (after closing on Sundays due to previous Eric Adams cuts).

Instead, Adams is giving the NYPD $62.4 million to hire 1,200 new cops.

Check that out!

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I profiled Justin Kuritzkes, the tennis-obsessed screenwriter of CHALLENGERS. But you probably know him as Celine Song's husband (or if you've ever heard of YouTube, the Potion Seller) New York Magazine vulture.com/article/challe…

This, from an NBC News correspondent, is correct. If Columbia made it easier for press to get on campus, this would be reported more often.

The PEN America Literary Awards have been cancelled. lithub.com/the-pen-americ…

From this week's Know Your Enemy: It’s impossible to make sense of the creative and scholarly contributions of the New York Intellectuals — good and bad—without the lens of gender.

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Our digital Food Issue features chefs, novelists, New Yorker writers, and more. Read it here: nyer.cm/wTCq97h

In 1968, WKCR broadcasts in front of Earl Hall on the Columbia University campus:

I find this statement by PEN president Jennifer Finney Boylan gross. a distracting, writerly attempt at animal metaphors that dodges the actual criticisms against PEN, an anti-war protest Boylan misrepresents as 'authors silencing themselves'
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''The Tortured Poets Department' is preoccupied with writerly accoutrements, but the vibe is ultimately more high-end stationery store than musty rare-books room.' - Amanda Petrusich
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Exceptional review from Jennifer Wilson in the The New Yorker about a pair of books that engage with the endpoints of AI but refuse to critique the systems that got us here in the first place. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Also I don't understand why the prize money for writers outside of prison can be as high as $75,000 but the prize money for writers inside of prison is $250. prismreports.org/2024/04/17/pen…

Two new novels, “Annie Bot” and “Loneliness & Company,” reflect anxieties about A.I. coming for our hearts as well as for our jobs. nyer.cm/cWqEmIJ

People are sleeping with their phones for real. AI girlfriend and NSFW companion apps have been downloaded over 100 million times. For the @newyorker's Tech issue, I wrote about our brave new libidos and some recent novels that are trying to keep up. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Tinker, tailor, illustrator, commodities broker—for e-flux, I wrote about the great group show “Day Jobs,” and how artists make cash and make their work, now on view at the Cantor Center at Stanford. e-flux.com/criticism/6026…

'We need not speculate anymore about the dangers and delights of letting these devices join our hot spots. The future is at our door with flowers.' will always read Jennifer Wilson newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…