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Scott Borchert lauds proposed legislation for a new Federal Writers’ Project; Shelf Awareness publishes dedicated issue on the Book Industry Charitable Foundation; Sophie Stein recommends books with daring points of view; and other stories.
Brenda Myers-Powell reflects on reengaging with traumatic memories; Musa Okwonga discusses his use of magical realism; novelist Juhea Kim writes about the environmental consequences of demand for salmon; and other stories.
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston, the author and the translator of Bolla.
Mahogany L. Browne to serve as poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center; ten writers receive Kresge Artist Fellowships; Lyndsie Manusos recommends tracing the publication history of short stories; and other stories.
Patrick Rosal’s The Last Thing: New & Selected Poems, forthcoming from Persea Books on September 21, 2021.
Treviene A. Harris and Nozomi (Nakaganeku) Saito envision modes of care grounded in community; Catapult column makes space for first-person narratives from Myanmar; Anjali Enjeti discusses her path to both literature and activism; and other stories.
Mieko Kawakami shares her ambitions as a writer; 13A imprint champions Black voices in culture and politics; Kerstin Hall discusses worldbuilding; and other stories.
Scholar and theorist Lauren Berlant has died; Freesia McKee praises the poet Ai’s straightforward lineation; Elisa Taber discusses translating a trilingual chapbook; and other stories.
“The book often knows more, and knows better, than you do.” —Clare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire
Abigail Bergstrom founds literary agency and publishing consultancy; Jonathan Parks-Ramage discusses how victims of sexual assault are held to “an impossibly high standard”; Angela Rose Brussel reflects on last year’s Occupy City Hall demonstration in New York City; and other stories.
