Finalists Chosen for National Book Critics Circle Awards
Nominees for the annual National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced on January 28.
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Seven Days After Assuming Duties, NEA Chairman Dies
Michael P. Hammond, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, died on January 29 of what appeared to be natural causes. He was 69. Hammond had officially assumed his duties as chairman on January 22.
An Interview With Poet Agha Shahid Ali
On December 8, 2001, Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali died of brain cancer at the age of 52. Ali taught creative writing at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for seven years, and published eight books of poetry, including Rooms Are Never Finished (Norton, 2001), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. A posthumous collection of poems, Call Me Ishmael at Midnight, will be published by Norton in 2003.
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Margaret Atwood’s Attention to Detail: Postcard From Paris
“I am annoyed when I’m reading through the 16th century and come across underwear that did not exist,” said Margaret Atwood, who explained to a standing-room-only crowd at the Village Voice bookstore in Paris why she’s a stickler for historical accuracy in her work.
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Two West Coast Distributors Form Bookselling Behemoth
The big just got bigger in the book distribution industry.
Amid Controversy, Ambrose Proves History Repeats Itself
Historian Stephen Ambrose has had a lot of explaining to do lately. The bestselling author is accused of copying passages from a source without attribution in four of his more than 20 published books.
Lammon Announces New MFA Program In Georgia
Beginning next fall, creative writers will be able to workshop their way to graduate degrees at Georgia College & State University, the liberal arts college in Milledgeville, Georgia.
Oh Maya: Popular Poet Pens Pithy Verse For Hallmark
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Hallmark bought
Maya Angelou.
An Interview With Editor Michael Davidson
In February New Directions will publish New Collected Poems by George Oppen. Born almost a century ago, Oppen fought and was injured in World War II, published his first book when he was in his mid-twenties, then stopped writing and joined the Communist Party. Twenty-five years later he resumed writing and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his book Of Being Numerous. He died in 1984.
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