Writer’s Desk: Stop Waiting

We have all books we love that could have been just a little bit better. Plenty of time and energy has been wasted on arguing over how to improve an existing work of art. Marlon James, the Macalester College professor and Man Booker-winning author ofA History of Seven Killings, has been there. He told a magazine that:

I realized how sickand tired I was of arguing about whether there should be a black hobbit inLord of the Rings.

So what is James going to do about it? He’s writing his own mult...