Author: Michael LaPointe
Michael LaPointe ((@MWLaPointe) has written literary criticism for The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and The Los Angeles Review.
When did Literary Feuds Become So Boring?
Duels between writers were once epic. Now they’re just petty
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Great Writers, Terrible Parents
Are children the enemies or allies of authors?
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Do Writers Deserve to Make a Living?
Not everyone believes literary labour constitutes work
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How to Write a Bestseller
What Big Data reveals about the way we read—and what we’ll buy
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Harry Potter Lives On
What happens when famous literary characters outgrow their creators?
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To Burn a Book
What happens when a work is rejected by its author?
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One-Trick Tiger
Great writers face unpleasant truths. Yann Martel does the opposite
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Choose Your Own Ending
Why there are so many books about death and dying
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In Our Nature
Three writers try to restore our relationship with the environment
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