James Hynes is the author of three novels, Kings of Infinite Space, The Lecturer’s Tale, and The Wild Colonial Boy, and a book of novellas, Publish and Perish. His reviews and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Boston Review and Salon, among other places. He wrote about television for In These Times in the 1980s, and his website can be found here.

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Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.