GalleyCrush: The Selfless Act of Breathing
JJ Bola’s The Selfless Act of Breathing, forthcoming from Atria Books on February 8, 2022.
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Nicole Chung on Parenting in a Prolonged Pandemic, Penguin Random House Updates Two-Day Holiday Transit Program, and More
Reginald Dwayne Betts reacts to winning a MacArthur Fellowship; Megan O’Grady writes on the evolution of the memoir; Katie Kitamura discusses the grammar of her latest novel; and other stories.
MacArthur Fellowships Announced, Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Shortlist, and More
Literary Arts Emergency Fund to reopen for second round of applications; beloved publicist Gregory Henry has died; Anthony Doerr shares sources of inspiration; and other stories.
Lambda Literary Expands LGBTQ Writers in School Program, Audiobook Narration as Translation, and More
Beloved poet Kamilah Aisha Moon has died; Chuck Palahniuk describes the lifeline of a good idea; ICM Partners set to be acquired by Creative Artists Agency; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Angela Hume
“I write poetry when I’m in transit or transition.” —Angela Hume, author of Interventions for Women
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The Stature of Wole Soyinka, How American Agents Are Approaching the Frankfurt Book Fair, and More
Sari Botton debuts How’s the Writing Going? column; Trisha R. Thomas discusses the art of historical fiction; Richa Kaul Padte recommends women writers “who write India as it feels”; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: The Long Short
The author of The Devoted considers the strengths of the long short story.
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National Book Awards Move Online, Disability in Publishing, and More
Margaret Busby receives the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award; the recipients of this year’s Dayton Literary Peace Prizes have been revealed; J.T. Bushnell shares how he sustains his writing practice; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Brown Girls
Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, forthcoming from Random House on January 4, 2022.
Repurposing “Creative Waste,” the Most Popular Books of the Season, and More
David Schurman Wallace writes about “the new stakes of poetry in the networked age”; McKayla Coyle and Alexandria Juarez celebrate bisexuality on the page; Alice McDermott reflects on questions of life and craft; and other stories.
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