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HarperCollins officially acquires Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division; Black Privilege Publishing releases first title; former publishing executive Richard Warren Baron has died; and other stories.
“It was all fun and games until I realized that I was actually writing a book.” —E. C. Osondu, author of Alien Stories
Six poets share new work at the Guardian; fiction writer Manzoor Ahtesham has died of coronavirus; Madeleine Watts shares a pain scale writing exercise; and other stories.
The author of With Teeth writes about the pleasure of riffing off a good joke.
Applications open for pandemic aid for disabled artists; Eileen Myles reflects on photographs by Moyra Davey and Peter Hujar; Clint Smith talks about his revision process; and other stories.
Nawaaz Ahmed’s Radiant Fugitives, forthcoming from Counterpoint on August 3, 2021.
Jeffrey Boakye writes about claiming his identity as a Black writer; Liese Mayer leaves Bloomsbury to work as freelance editor; Anjali Enjeti discusses the intergenerational trauma of Partition; and other stories.
Scaachi Koul reflects on meeting Jhumpa Lahiri; Han Zhang writes on the poetic legacy of Yi Lei; Alison Bechdel discusses the arc of her career; and other stories.
Adam Gopnik writes about the multiple legacies of Marcel Proust; Andy Weir discusses rounding his fiction in scientific fact; employees at Duke University Press file for a union election; and other stories.
“I need the volume of more than one trusted reader to hear suggestions over my own investment in being right.” —Donika Kelly, author of The Renunciations
