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Richard Blanco Selected Obama Inaugural Poet, Patricia Cornwell Suing Manager, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Poet Richard Blanco will read an original composition for president Barack Obama’s second inauguration; novelist Hari Kunzru reports on the political climate in Hungary, and how it's shaping Hungary's cultural institutions; Patricia Cornwell is suing her former financial manager for upwards of one hundred million dollars; and other news.
Remembering Poet and Editor Harvey Shapiro, John McPhee on Structure, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Fast Company predicts tablet computers will overtake the laptop market in 2013; novelist Kristopher Jansma looks at the relationship between Elmore Leonard and the television show based on his writing, FX’s Justified; John McPhee reveals what he's learned about structuring a story; and other news.
Submission Phobia, Legacy of Samuel Greenberg, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Simon & Schuster has created Archway Publishing, a self-publishing service; a copyright law that allows authors to purge thirty-five-year-old publishing contracts will take effect in 2013; Michelle Seaton explains how to get past your submission phobia; and other news.
Tolkien Lawsuit, Unfilmable Books, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
The estate of J. R. R. Tolkien has filed an eighty million dollar lawsuit against Warner; NPR looks at difficulties of making "unfilmable" books into good movies; Jason Diamond considers what Philip Roth's retirement means for Jewish fiction; and other news.
Reactions to Philip Roth's Retirement, Biographers Code of Ethics, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
To honor Veterans Day, GalleyCat details how to share books with the troops; Scott Timberg argues the federal government should increase its support of the arts; Lisa Russ Spaar examines the sophomore efforts of poets; and other news.
Authors Discuss "Writing in Jewish": Postcard From New York City
by Erika Dreifus
On the evening of September 18, about halfway between the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a panel convened at the Museum of the City of New York to consider the idea of "Writing in Jewish." Cosponsored by the museum and the Jewish Book Council, the panel was moderated by Alana Newhouse, the arts and culture editor at the Forward, a newspaper whose 110-year history the Museum will celebrate until November 25 in an exhibition titled "The Jewish Daily Forward: Embracing an Immigrant Community."
For the Relief of Unbearable Pressure: A Profile of Nathan Englander
by Frank Bures
May/June 2007
For eight years readers have anticipated Nathan Englander’s follow-up to his wildly successful debut story collection. With the publication of The Ministry of Special Cases, the wait is over.