In J.M. Coetzee’s forthcoming novel, Diary of a Bad Year, an aging writer contributes to a volume called Strong Opinions. (Via.)
Lethem’s “The Esctasy of Influence” examines the collision between intellectual property law and the “plundered, fragmentary state” of literature (and culture generally).
“This star was very big and very hot, and its weight was enormous: and here a reporter’s difficulties begin.” — from the title story of Primo Levi’s A Tranquil Star.