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Alexandra Huỳnh recalls the moment she was named National Youth Poet Laureate; HarperCollins temporarily rebrands Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles; Alex DiFrancesco explains their interest in monstrousness; and other stories.
Scholastic chairman and CEO M. Richard Robinson Jr. has died; memorial service scheduled for Pantheon editor Dan Frank; Michael Kleber-Diggs reflects on using poetry to process difficult experiences; and other stories.
“Having to insist on that center and refuse, over and over again, to compromise the work in service of a white gaze was one of the most brutal experiences of my career.” —Akwaeke Emezi, author of Dear Senthuran
M. Leona Godin writes about “the tradition of the blind bard”; Adam Bradley shares reflections on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man; more than one hundred queer and trans authors recommend LGBTQ books; and other stories.
The author of Love and Other Poems describes a special project in which he read his poetry to strangers in their bedrooms.
Scholars seek access to Philip Roth’s private papers; Vintage to release unpublished story collection by Walter Tevis; Larissa Pham discusses writing with her younger self in mind; and other stories.
Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land, forthcoming from Scribner on September 28, 2021.
Kundiman curates Pride reading list; Kate Zambreno reflects on the urgency that fueled her latest book; Karen Tucker discusses writing about opioid abuse; and other stories.
Used booksellers devise program to provide royalty payments on used book sales; Hyphen Media branding draws scrutiny; Casey McQuiston writes about learning to embody queerness on her own terms; and other stories.
Tom Lin claims and subverts the Western genre; the winners of this year’s London Book Fair International Excellence Awards; Francisco Goldman reflects on writing autofiction; and other stories.
