Kids Media Is In Its Villain Erawww.romper.com Storytelling for children is finally moving beyond the good guy vs. bad guy tropes, and we all stand to benefit.
Katy Hershberger
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Freelance Publicists Keep the Stress of In-House Publicity But Earn Higher Paychecks - Publishers Lunchlunch.publishersmarketplace.com It’s a common fantasy. On a stressful day in the office, inbox overflowing, being pulled from meeting to meeting, while the work never seems to end: What if I worked for myself? In reality, is the fle...
Publishing Workers Feel the Burn Out - Publishers Lunchlunch.publishersmarketplace.com Princeton University Press recently announced their U.S. and U.K. offices would close the week of Aug. 30. “This has been a year of extraordinary new endeavors and collaborations, as well as unprece...
Book Critics Build Careers, But Can't Make a Living - Publishers Lunchlunch.publishersmarketplace.com For this first in a series looking at compensation in different corners of the book business, we found that pay for book critics varies widely by publication and type of piece—but none of it is enou...
Non-Union Harper Employees Discuss Workload, In-House Morale, and Solidarity - Publishers Lunchlunch.publishersmarketplace.com As the Harper Union marks its 64th business day picketing outside of the company’s financial district headquarters, many non-union employees inside the building feel similarly disheartened and burne...
Behind the Minimum Wages at Indie Bookstores - Publishers Lunchlunch.publishersmarketplace.com Our reporting on compensation in different segments of the publishing industry continues with independent bookstores, where low pay seems like a foregone conclusion. Though indies have grown and diver...
Perspective | Learning how to parent in a world I cannot controlwww.washingtonpost.com We do it all to protect our children and have a sense of control. But how much can we do?
Losing My Religion at Christian Camp - Longreadslongreads.com Katy Hershberger recalls the way her decade at Christian summer camp both shaped and condemned her views of faith and girlhood.
Who Agrees That Swimming in the Ocean Is Scary? | Katy Hershbergercatapult.co “Swim!” he yelled, but it was too late for me.
Rereading the Master of ‘Dying Teen’ Litlithub.com I grew up on a Virginia cul-de-sac with two parents and a Super Nintendo. I thought myself serious and pensive; I considered the meaning of life, not just a grade on a spelling quiz. I was both pre…
Two Suicidal Teens, Four Possible Paths (Published 2020)www.nytimes.com Aaron and Tillie are strangers, until they meet on a bridge. Bill Konigsberg’s new novel explores where four different plotlines could take them.
Why Aren’t Female Celebrities Writing More Novels?slate.com If Sean Penn and James Franco can publish novels, why not Reese Witherspoon or Constance Wu?
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