The 2010 VIDA Count

“Numbers don’t lie.” “What matters is the bottom line.” Such sayings sound definitive, like the dead-end of a boring story....

The Best American Count

Our most recent count examines the contents of the Best American anthologies in poetry, fiction, and essays. When we released...

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY’S “BEST BOOKS OF 2010”

From Publishers Weekly: “This year we took our annual slugfest to the pub underneath our new office and came up with a list of the year's top 100 books that could be our best ever." VIDA takes a look at the outcome of PW's "slugfest" and considers the results in light of last year's breakdown. Cheers!