Unstoppable: The Writer’s Pursuit of Purpose
The author of Fifty Words for Rain reflects on learning to forge her own unique path through the world.
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Ten Questions for Joshua Bennett
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
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Laurence Fishburne Narrates The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Analyzing Faulkner’s Representations of Racism, and More
Fiction writer Randall Kenan has died at age fifty-seven; Christina Baker Kline reflects on the lives excluded from mainstream history; Margo Okazawa-Rey shares advice for movement building; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: Witness vs. Withness
The author of RENDANG considers the complex relationships embedded in the act of looking.
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Publishers Face Printer Backlog, Tracie Morris Joins Iowa Writers’ Workshop Faculty, and More
Bon Appétit names book publisher Dawn Davis as next editor in chief; Onikah Asamoa-Caesar describes opening a bookstore in Tulsa during a time of growing racial awareness; Atlas Obscura surveys the prominence of public poetry in South Korea; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Stay Safe
Emma Hine’s Stay Safe, forthcoming from Sarabande Books on January 5, 2021.
Marilyn Chin Wins Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, International Booker Prize Goes to Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, and More
Carlin Romano will remain on the board of the National Book Critics Circle; Ted Kooser to retire from editing American Life in Poetry column; Emma Copley Eisenberg makes the case for book publishers to fact-check their titles; and other stories.
Challenging Stereotypes of Appalachia, Reading Women in Translation, and More
Kelly Harris-DeBerry resists classism in poetry; Preety Sidhu recommends women’s work in translation; Chantel Tattoli considers “mental telegraphy” and Mark Twain; and other stories.
Brown Bookshelf Issues Call to Action, Ta-Nehisi Coates Guest-Edits Vanity Fair, and More
Ta-Nehisi Coates guest-edits a special issue of Vanity Fair; a new translation reimagines Beowulf in contemporary vernacular; essayist Matthew Salesses examines the limits of empathy as an antiracist act; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Daisy Johnson
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
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