Is the new bill already effecting the economy? Democrats wary of voting for the health care bill may have been soothed by the Congressional Budget Office’s report that it would reduce federal deficits over the next 10 years. But bond buyers know that the Democrats gamed the CBO system to get a good score. The… Continue reading

M. John Harrison on Ian McEwan’s latest novel, Solar: For some readers it will return to McEwan a little of the credibility he seemed to be working so hard to lose with novels such as Saturday and On Chesil Beach; others may require more of him.   I didn’t realize British literati think McEwan was jettisoning… Continue reading

Four Things Publishers Do Know–about the future of digital publishing. Most important (to me, as a writer who wants to sell books): Public literary discussion is dying. At least, if you read only print media. As newspaper book reviews get cut and boutique literary magazines struggle for survival on meagre Arts Council handouts, it has… Continue reading

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