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2.7: Is the English Major Finally Dead?

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Our news sources for today's episode:

  • The story of Chuck Tingle from Vox: https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/18/12775742/who-is-chuck-tingle-fake-explained
  • The book Camp Damascus, the new YA title from Tingle and Nightfire: https://bookshop.org/a/55633/9781250874627
  • We talked about Tingle in Season 1, Episode 5: Banned Books Bash: https://youtu.be/gKLSxBhA6XA
  • Tingle's announcement with Nightfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/1550665547917824000
  • Our segment on how authors make money (or don't): https://youtu.be/VtYyJobee2Y?t=1019
  • Breakdown of ARC controversies from Counter Craft: https://countercraft.substack.com/p/publishing-numbers-big-and-small
  • Bookstore sticks it to the haters: https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4427&share=true#m59269
  • Trans support at NYT hits a roadblock: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-trans-coverage-debate
  • Interview with the letter's writers: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/news-brief-the-battle-over-nyts-lurid-tabloid-coverage-of-trans-issues
  • English departments in peril? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major
  • Bonus link for Dollywood's recycling system: ⁠https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Why-is-there-no-recycling-bins-at-Dollywood-565103962.html⁠
  • "What can you do with a BA in English?": https://youtu.be/fWw1gNrCwi8

    • Marginalized people kicking butt in publishing!

    • The inaugural class of the women's prize for nonfiction: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/10/why-we-need-womens-prize-for-nonfiction
    • Stirred Stories gets a write-up in WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/28/stirred-stories-publishing-diversity/
    • Fantastic (relatively) new column from “Dorthea,” supporting book lovers in need: https://lithub.com/story-type/life-advice-for-book-lovers/

      • Bookshop.Org doesn't have The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds, but you can see it on its publisher's site here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316490/the-mincing-mockingbird-guide-to-troubled-birds-by-mockingbird-the-mincing/

      But you can see everything else we're reading here: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-20648183-3934-47b4-aebd-e8457216d11f

      All You Can Save collection here: https://bookshop.org/a/55633/9780593237083

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