Please Ban My Book, I Need the Exposure
Presales numbers are important to publishers, and a high-profile banishment is the 2024 version of an Oprah’s Book Club Sticker.
Andrew Belfry's work has appeared in McSweeney's, Slackjaw, Frazzled Humor, and elsewhere. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island and holds an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Presales numbers are important to publishers, and a high-profile banishment is the 2024 version of an Oprah’s Book Club Sticker.