In our morning reading: an interview with Anne de Marcken, the making of a fundraiser album, and more.
What Does It Take to Create a New Literary Prize?
As book reviews vanish and culture coverage shrinks, readers of the daring, the obscure, and the experimental find it increasingly hard to find books that both seek to “make it new” and succeed in the task. One potential answer for readers in this bind might be to follow the Novel Prize, a recently launched initiative from three independent publishers.