The Lord of the Flies World of American Writers: Plagiarism, Backstabbing, and Reverse Racism

In 2015, a writer named Dawn Dorland donated a kidney to an anonymous donor. She should have received accolades. Instead, another writer named Sonya Larson wrote a short story about it, titled The Kindest. Not a story depicting Dorland as … Continue reading

Are We Past Peak TV?

     It is said that we are currently living in the era of ‘Peak TV.’  ‘Peak TV’ as in ‘peak oil’, a concept developed in the 1950’s by industry experts who predicted that the production of petroleum would peak … Continue reading

The Woman in the Window: Publishing Industry’s Moral Bankruptcy

     My faith in the publishing industry began to erode the day I read Gone Girl, a book hyped as the thriller of the century, not to mention a feminist manifesto.  With its violent, sadistic, and unbelievable narrator, was … Continue reading