One of the most insightful literary YouTube and Substack accounts is Pens and Poison AKA Liza Libes.
For my first interview on Nick Reads, I spoke to Liza about:
-Why academia has contempt for literature
-‘Sensitivity readers’, and the general state of publishing
-Whether more traditionally-minded people have done enough to defend literature
-Why publishers don’t want writers using metaphors anymore (yes this is real)
-The bizarre word limit for individual sentences imposed by publishers
-What contemporary writers have to do to get their work read
-Whether Substack is the antidote to the malaise of modern publishing
And loads more that is too intricate to list here!
I am sure everyone here will enjoy this conversation, so watch it below, or paid subscribers can listen in the audio player.
Thanks!
Nick
