Last I heard (I haven't been on Twitter all day) he was refusing to step down, but I can't imagine there's any way he could effectively serve his term after this.
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
They (he) just appointed four new board members.
Wow. So I'm assuming he's a Trump follower.
New outrage! Via T.S. Eliot. The thread is as good to read as the letters themselves (which are linked) -- [link]
Ok, I thought I could just click over and check that out but I'm gonna have to save that for when I can really devote some time and attention to it.
Holy shit amazeballs:
A white romance novelist's ethics complaint against the author Courtney Milan for calling her book a "racist mess" led to the censure of Milan and sparked an uproar across the publishing world. Now the novelist, Kathryn Lynn Davis, says that her original complaint about the professional harm she suffered was not accurate.
In an interview with the Guardian, Davis said she was "encouraged" by the administration of Romance Writers of America (RWA), a trade association for romance writers, to file a formal complaint against Milan, an influential former board member and diversity advocate. She now feels she had been "used" to secure a political outcome that she had never intended.
This just gets better and better!
I'm turning pages waiting for the illicit affair and suspicious maiming accident chapters.
I had to explain Chuck Tingle to Jim.
I regret my life choices.
But Chuck Tingle is the best!