Young and Adorable: Rewriting the Narrative of Women Writers’ Success
The author of the novel Goodnight Stranger reflects on her writing career and the cultural myths about success, youth, and appearance that women writers must navigate.
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Format: In Print and Online
Reviewers & Critics: David Canfield of Entertainment Weekly
The books editor of Entertainment Weekly discusses how he picks which titles to review and what he thinks books coverage will look like in ten years.
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The Library of Unpublished Books
Inspired by a 1971 novel by Richard Brautigan, the Brautigan Library collects unpublished books, creating a fantastic archive of stories unaffected by publishing trends—and a window into the minds and dreams of its contributing writers.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose by Kay Ryan and Conjure Women by Afia Atakora.
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Small Press Points: Dottir Press
The New York City press annually publishes six to eight books of fiction and nonfiction “by feminists, for everyone.”
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The Written Image: Bernadette Mayer’s Memory
Siglio Press has released a book on poet Bernadette Mayer’s project Memory, in which she wrote and took photos every day during July 1971, creating a lyrical testament to a moment in a life, intimately conjured yet still inevitably out of reach.
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Literary MagNet: Souvankham Thammavongsa
The author on the journals that published stories from her collection How to Pronounce Knife.
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Residency Supports Deaf Writers
The Anderson Center in Minnesota offers the nation’s only residency designed to give Deaf artists time to work alongside one another.
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The Savvy Self-Publisher: Marlen Suyapa Bodden
Marlen Suyapa Bodden describes self-publishing her historical novel Arrows of Fire and hiring editorial and publishing professionals during the process. A publisher and a marketer weigh in with additional advice for engaging with readers.
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Inside Publishing: The Book Marketer
In the latest installment of a yearlong series on publishing professionals, four book marketers explain how they use advertising, social media, and other platforms to boost awareness about their titles.
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