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omarelakkad
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I write for a living. My literary agent is Anne McDermid of @CookeMcDermid. My film/TV agent is Michelle Kroes of CAA. omaronstrike@gmail.com
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Alec MacGillis
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It's a sign of how crazy the news cycle is right now that the United States three days ago barred immigration from the largest economy in Africa--a quarter of the continent's population is now barred from the US--and almost nobody is talking about it. nytimes.com/2020/02/02/wor…
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Omar El Akkad
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Thanks very much for taking the time to read and review it. I really appreciate it.
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Jess Dweck
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31. sij |
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Please GOP Senators, think about how you’ll be written about in the history books you’ll burn
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Omar El Akkad
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31. sij |
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Esi is a genius and this was a really great night. twitter.com/sfu_library/st…
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John Turman
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31. sij |
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Presidents are allowed to do whatever they want for any reason they want. Except black Presidents. Who aren't even allowed to lawfully appoint Supreme Court justices during their term.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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I'll be in BC doing an event. But I don't think I'd go regardless. In my mind this is much more of an industry issue than anything else.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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Thank you so much for taking the time to review it. Elliott Bay is one of the most beautiful bookstores I've ever visited, and your coworkers were very patient with an author who at that point had done maybe two bookstore events in his life.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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Feel free.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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And all of this because some publisher decided this book had to be a phenomenon at any cost. I hope these folks are aware of how much long-term damage they’ve done, and I’m sorry I helped them do it.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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As a result, they’ve wiped any trace of the original review from their web site. A somewhat forgettable book that in any other year would have come and gone is now the subject of attention that isn’t being given to countless authors who deserve it more.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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When I found out, I rewrote the review. The folks at BookPage had a meeting of their own, and decided they too had been taken for a ride. But they wouldn’t run my new review, because it violates their no-negative-review policy.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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BookPage has a no-negative-review policy. So I found the one thing the book did well – it’s fast-paced – and wrote about that. A few weeks later, I learned the marketing copy was all bullshit. There is no personal connection. The author’s husband immigrated here from… Ireland.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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Through very careful language, the marketing copy for American Dirt implied that the author not only had a personal connection to the material, but that her husband himself had an even more direct connection, being an illegal immigrant himself.
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Omar El Akkad
@omarelakkad
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29. sij |
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A couple of months ago, BookPage asked me to review American Dirt. The advance copy arrived with a letter from the publisher, which in hindsight is honestly one of the more disingenuous things I’ve ever read.
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Omar El Akkad
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29. sij |
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I don’t know if the writing world needs another American Dirt thread, but I got conned by the folks behind this book’s marketing and I’m mad about it, so for whatever it’s worth, here’s some details about how this thing was presented to the world…
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Gregg Carlstrom
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28. sij |
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If you want today in a tweet: The American president, now facing an impeachment trial, unveiled a proposal from his unqualified son-in-law to let Israel's caretaker government, led by an indicted prime minister, start annexing large tracts of occupied land.
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Omar El Akkad
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26. sij |
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Anna's book launches in the U.S. in March. Please pick it up if you can. It's one of the most honest, well-researched and bravest things I've ever read. powells.com/book/-97816151… twitter.com/stevegoldbloom…
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Omar El Akkad
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24. sij |
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read it, and for your kindness.
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SFU Woodward's
@SFU_W
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23. sij |
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This year's One Book One SFU with #EsiEdugyan and @omarelakkad is expected to sell out, so definitely show up early with your tickets to score yourself a great seat! 📖🎟️Learn more: at.sfu.ca/sNHiDa pic.twitter.com/KIYchKMUJD
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kate wagner (birds, buildings, Bernie)
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23. sij |
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I love these tweets. I love it when the headline basically reads "worst person on earth openly advocates against making world they fucked up a better place" twitter.com/CNBC/status/12…
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