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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.
Emma Hine’s Stay Safe, forthcoming from Sarabande Books on January 5, 2021.
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.
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.
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.
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
Stimulus package will boost German bookstores; Serendipity Literary Agency celebrates two decades championing Black authors; remembering Geoffrey Nunberg; and other stories.
The author of RENDANG blurs the boundary between narrative and lyric.
Swati Khurana uses the Instant Pot as a metaphor for flash fiction; book box subscription company Literati launches five new virtual book clubs; Sarah M. Sala reflects on poetry as a call to action; and other stories.
Katy Waldman observes a “reflexivity trap” in contemporary fiction; Black Book Designers launches website; Aimee Nezhukumatathil imagines life as a vampire squid; and other stories.
