American Fiction and the Stories We Can't Tell

(Even in stories about the stories we can't tell)

In Sunday’s BookTube episode, I reflected on the challenges of traditional and self-publishing, of which there are many. In the former category, I mentioned some of the challenges for writers “tokenized” by their agents or presses. It’s deeply painful for many writers to get a chance to publish, but only because the agent or press thinks they’ll write a…