GalleyCrush: Inheritance
Taylor Johnson’s Inheritance, forthcoming from Alice James Books on November 10, 2020.
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Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist, Systemic Racism in Bookselling, and More
Pandemic fuels book sales at retail giants such as Walmart and Target; Trask Roberts examines the history of unauthorized translations; Lily Meyer reviews new pandemic writing; and other stories.
Joshua Bennett on Black Worlds, Six Writers on Making a Living, and More
Susan Orlean revisits her viral tweets; Susan Barba on honoring the earth; Porochista Khakpour discusses Brown Album; and other stories.
Remembering John Lewis, Reading Poetry in Crisis, and More
Dan Crowe and Matt Willey plan new annual literary magazine; Lauren Beukes compares her fictional pandemic with reality; Margot Harrison reflects on cyber horror; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Adrian Tomine
“We need the industry to be more reflective of the audience.” —Adrian Tomine, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
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Seeking Relief Funding for Libraries, Curtis Sittenfeld’s Guide to Writing a Short Story, and More
David James Poissant on attempting to write a timely novel; the Guardian seeks nominations for its “Not the Booker” Prize; Adrian Tomine on turning inward in his new graphic memoir; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: The Black Bildungsroman
The author of Horsepower reimagines the bildungsroman to honor the narrative arc of Black childhood.
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Literary Arts Emergency Fund, Inclusivity in Bookselling, and More
Vintage Español to publish Spanish edition of Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist; Andrew Martin reflects on ordering the stories in Cool for America; Miah Jeffra talks decolonizing artmaking; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Harmada
João Gilberto Noll’s Harmada, translated from the Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto, forthcoming from Two Lines Press on November 10, 2020.
The National Book Critics Circle Rebuilds, Colson Whitehead Announces Next Novel, and More
The movement to free poet Varavara Rao; Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on the evolution of modern fantasy; Marisa Silver talks character development; and other stories.
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