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I am required reading

About a year ago I got an email from a woman representing something called the Writers Research Group, asking me for permission to reprint my Alan Moore interview in some kind of literary journal. I said sure, signed the form they wanted me to sign, and honestly didn’t give it another thought until yesterday, when this cinder block of a book arrived on my doorstep:

I’d never heard of it, so my reaction was something like, “Huh. Cool,” but Jill, being much more familiar with the world of Academia than I am, completely froke out.

“Oh my God! You’re in the CLC! You didn’t tell me it was the CLC! This is… God, this is prestigious!”

Apparently it’s prestigious.

Apparently there are copies of this book in every decent library in the English-speaking world.

Apparently lots of betweeded lit professors require their students to use the CLC when writing their papers.

“College students are going to quote your article in their term papers, Frank, and cite your name in the bibliography section! This is awesome!”

Huh. Cool.