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The Purpose of a Prize: National Book Award Debate and Ranking Literary Awards
DHM Confidential Vol. #9
Award debating and complaining is an essential cultural function that the giving out of prizes provides. They encourage us to think and care. They open up the space for debate. Even the inevitable complaining is a...
Are Too Many Books Published?
There’s an oft quoted statistic in the book world that millions of new books are published each year (the link says 4.2 million in 2025). Conservative estimates put the number of new books published in the US in the healthy 10,000s, that’s...
How to Steal a Plot—Is All Fiction Fan Fiction?
DHM Confidential Vol. #8
Can you steal a plot? There is an entire genre of popular fiction based on this exact premise, including a popular bestselling novel called…The Plot. The premise of these books—mostly thrillers—is that if you could...
Culture Stopped in 1999, Argues Gen X’er
An unofficial guiding principle of Dear Head of Mine is to not review a book if it isn’t worth your time reading. An exception to this rule—happening now for a second time in a row—is when a respected writer doesn’t deliver. Finally, rarely...
Where Are All the Young Writers? [2026 Redux]
This is an essay previously published in August 2024, revised and updated with new commentary and data.
There is an old school notion about youth, creativity, and commerce that has been true for about forever. Art and the people who sell i...
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