Three generations of witches promoting "To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat,” 1969 episode of “Bewitched”

Erin Murphy

Erin Murphy - Untitled, 2021 (Charcoal and oil on canvas)

La petite Tabatha Stephens, la fille télévisuelle de notre sorcière bien aimée à bien grandit ! La belle Erin Murphy à 58 ans

“Bewitched”

Erin Murphy (aka Tabitha from Bewitched)

NONE of the New Leaf agents have commented on the mess that has happened, and a bunch of their retained clients are deflecting the issue (and using their marginalization as a shield)??

None of the agents have commented publicly on Twitter, but just today, Publishers Marketplace posted an article about the whole thing with comments from agents at New Leaf, Erin Murphy, and Harvey Klinger.

Here's the article, but it's behind a paywall, so I'll gladly share screenshots:

I know PM doesn't necessarily claim to be an objective journalistic source but I do think it's hilarious how they have so many quotes from the literary agents trying to save face, and absolutely no commentary from the authors who were screwed over, not even so much as a link to the many twitter threads.

That said, re: the second part of your ask - I don't think it's fair to blame the authors who were not dropped for the actions of their agents. They are also in a position in this industry of having very little power compared to agents who can greatly impact their career. I mean, yeah, it might be a good show of solidarity for the remaining authors to speak out, but I also completely understand that they were also put in a terrible and scary position by this. So I don't think those authors are who we should be holding accountable - save that energy for the agents and agency heads.

THE INTERNET OF THINGS

(n.): the networking capability that allows information to be sent and received by objects and devices

The low tide riverbed silt  of things. The cloud-swept 

distant hill of things.  The open bedroom window 

in spring of things.  The moonlit cricket 

symphony of things.  The pitter-patter 

tin roof rain of things.  The fifty-year marriage 

loose skin of things.  The clipped winter light 

of things. The stippled lymph  node of things. The grief. 

Oh—the grief. The brief  ecstatic flight of things.  Erin Murphy

Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, the lawyers who successfully argued against New York’s law restricting conceal-carry gun permits, were told by Kirkland & Ellis they had to stop representing Second Amendment plaintiffs or find another firm.