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Poet Jen Bervin. Credit: Florian Holzherr
In addition to features from the award-winning print edition, the magazine online offers daily news items, advice from writers, and our popular blog about writing contests.
by Staff
Online Only, posted 3.19.10
After five years, the Atlantic renews its commitment to fiction; two editors quit Harper's; Ian McEwan is planning an opera of Atonement; the all-star lineup for PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature is announced; and other news.
by Staff
Online Only, posted 3.18.10
Bob Miller leaves HarperStudio for Workman Publishing; BEA announces New York Book Week; changes at the top for Barnes & Noble; Amazon threatens to remove buy buttons again; and other news.
by Staff
Online Only, posted 3.17.10
Britain's poet laureate memorializes David Beckham in verse; Borders invites books clubs into its cafés; agents fret over the emergence of "enhanced" digital book editions; Kwame Anthony Appiah is reelected as president of the PEN American Center; and other news.
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Feature
September/October 2008
Known as a heavy-hitting agent willing to go to bat for her clients, Molly Friedrich discusses how an author should choose an agent, what she looks for in a manuscript, and what separates great agents from merely good ones.
by Seth Abramson
Special Section
November/December 2009
In this excerpted version of his article from the November/December 2009 issue, contributor Seth Abramson reveals the methodology behind his ranking of the top fifty MFA programs in the United States, plus a ranking of the additional eighty-eight full-residency programs. For the full article and additional data for each program, including size, duration, cost of living, teaching load, and curriculum focus, see the current issue.
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Feature
January/February 2009
Four young literary agents meet for an evening of food, wine, and conversation about the writing they’re looking for, how they’re finding it, what they love, what they hate, and ten things writers should never ever do.
by Staff
Daily News
McSweeney’s founder Dave Eggers says his quarterly’s next issue intends to prove the viability of print by adopting a newspaper format. Eggers made the announcement at an Authors Guild gathering in New York City last month, where he was being feted for his charity work with the nonprofit 826 National.
by Suzanne Pettypiece
Postcard
On a warm, breezy Saturday evening, hundreds of people who had spent the past three days at the annual BookExpo America took a break from the hubbub to attend You Are Not Alone, a celebration featuring comedy, music, and, of course, some top-notch literature.
by Kevin Larimer
News and Trends
September/October 2008
Poet Chase Twichell talks about the decision to end her ten-year run as publisher and hand over her independent press to the nation’s largest poetry publisher, Copper Canyon Press.
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