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Stage Adaptation for Katherine Boo, Forty Free E-Book Excerpts, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
The Writers’ Union of Canada will soon decide whether to admit self-published authors; playwright David Hare will adapt Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers for the London stage; a long-lost journal composed by poet W. H. Auden has been discovered; and other news.
Jennifer Egan Discusses Gatsby With Colbert, Poets on Mother's Day, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Jennifer Egan appeared on the Colbert Report to discuss The Great Gatsby; Ilia Blinderman recounts time stuck in a crowded elevator with Salman Rushdie; Michael Kammen looks at the life and letters of Jack Kerouac; and other news.
Sandra Beasley's Plagiarist, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Ledger, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Nick Flynn shares a poem composed the day of the Boston Marathon bombing; film director Steven Soderbergh is penning a crime novella on Twitter; Sandra Beasley details the experience of being targeted by a plagiarist; and other news.
New J. D. Salinger Letters, Neil Gaiman's Author Advice, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Truman Capote's marked-up Breakfast at Tiffany's manuscript is up for auction; Colorado-based Mud Luscious Press has shuttered; Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald has been named publicity director for McSweeney’s; and other news.
Authors Name Their Favorite Children's Books, Report From Selected Shorts, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
New York's Hudson Valley is a great place for independent bookstores; Charles Simic discusses decades of reading his poetry in venues across the country; the extraordinarily successful career of poet Carl Sandburg; and other news.
New York City Pays for Destroyed OWS Library, Mary Jo Bang on the Tetris Effect, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Joshua Henkin reveals the most vulnerable moments in a man’s life; Mary Jo Bang explains the Tetris Effect; eight collages of poet Bill Knott's rejection letters; and other news.
Remembering Novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Cabinet Magazine on Trial, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Thessaly La Force remembers prize-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who died yesterday at her home in New York City, at age eighty-five; Aryn Kyle reveals how she spent the advance on her bestselling first novel; Architectural Digest takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the sets designed for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; and other news.
Parents & Writers
by Carrie Neill
March/April 2013
This spring the San Francisco-based nonprofit Sustainable Arts Foundation launches its residency grant program, which offers support to writers and artists residencies that accomodate writers and artists with children.
New Thomas Pynchon Novel Set for September, Free College-Level Writing Classes, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
A new Thomas Pynchon novel will be published this September; Nicholas Thompson reveals the magazine article origins of the Oscar-winning film Argo; nine free college-level writing and literature classes; and other news.
Writers on Anniversary of Sylvia Plath's Death, Truman Capote Controversy, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
A dispute over the ownership of case files that informed Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood have cast doubts on the veracity of sections of Capote’s masterpiece; to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death, the Guardian asked several writers to comment on what Plath’s work means to them, including Jennifer Egan, Sharon Olds, and Lena Dunham; novelist Caroline Leavitt shares a tale of love lost and found, and a pet tortoise named Minnie; and other news.