Craft Capsule: On Writing Fat Characters
The author of I’m Not Hungry but I Could Eat seeks to write fat characters for whom fatness is not always an immediate concern.
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Publishers Weekly Names Best Books, Dial-A-Poem in the U.K., and More
Anuk Arudpragasam reflects on the relationship between his first and second novels; the New Yorker shares an excerpt from R. Kikuo Johnson’s latest graphic novel; David Rapp of Kirkus reviews the newly released Dune adaptation; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World
Sasha Fletcher’s Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World, forthcoming from Melville House on February 8, 2022.
New Prize Honors Legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin, Tim O’Connell Moves to Simon & Schuster, and More
Kalani Pickhart discusses the complex structure of her debut; Zeba Blay recalls the experience of recording her audiobook; Nina MacLaughlin writes about the Hunter’s Moon; and other stories.
Black Mountain Institute Drops the Believer, New Book Series Honors Black Thinkers and Artists, and More
White Whale Bookstore expands; B. J. Hollars writes in praise of Gary Paulsen’s quieter novels; Avni Vyas discusses conjuring the titular figure in Little God; and other stories.
Booksellers Envision the Future, the Art of Translating Tove Ditlevsen, and More
The men who constructed “Spain’s Elena Ferrante,” Carmen Mola; coauthors Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman discuss their complementary writing styles; Joss Lake reflects on the speculative elements in Future Feeling; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
“I need to be involved with life, its business, its noise.” —Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, author of The House of Rust
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The History of Racial Passing in Books, Finding Work-Life Balance, and More
The movement to credit translators on book covers; finalists for this year’s CHIRBy Awards; Gabrielle Drolet writes about the precarity of freelance writing; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Return Flight
Jennifer Huang’s Return Flight, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on January 18, 2022.
The Art of Revision: Black Box
An excerpt from The Art of Revision: The Last Word by Peter Ho Davies, published in November 2021 by Graywolf Press.
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