Media references to fanfic, the week ending 4/8/17

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In 'Fellowship of the Fans' for American Libraries, Anne Ford asked Getting teens more comfortable engaging with the library and librarians, more enthusiastic about the power of words, and more confident in their own abilities—can fan fiction really do all this?

For NewStatesman, Martin Robbins wrote That [a Jeremy Corbyn policy proposal] reads like a policy nerd’s civil service fan-fiction is bad enough, but it’s grammatically incompetent too.

For Canadian Lawyer, Lisa R. Lifshitz authored Star Trek fan-fiction copyright suit tests ‘fair use’ defence back in January.

( LJ goes to hell, In the Name of the People, Mary Sueism, meeting smut )

From Alanna Martinez in Observer: Fan Fiction For Damien Hirst’s ‘Unbelievable’ Ancient Treasures: Who needs dystopian YA when we have the art world.

Finally, for Creativity, Alexandra Jardine shared Renault Gets an Electric Car to Write Jack Kerouac Fan Fiction via Artificial Intelligence.