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The poet laureate recently discussed his new position on the PBS NewsHour. "It's a more public position and role and so forth than I normally would like," says Merwin, whose most recent book, The Shadow of Sirius, won the Pulitzer Prize.
One of this year's MacArthur fellows, each of whom received $500,000, is Matthew Carter, a master type designer, who during his career has designed over 250 fonts. Most recently Carter has focused on developing easily readable fonts for computer screens, including those for handheld devices.
A short film by Tucker Capps, inspired by One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe, edited by Molly McQuade and published by Sarabande Books this month.
In 2008 TIME Magazine interviewed Tom Wolfe on the fortieth anniversary of his 1968 book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The journalist and novelist was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation in 2010.
Agent Nathan Bransford of Curtis Brown, Ltd., in San Francisco talks about what he looks for in a pitch.
Novelist and, as of this month, memoirist Darin Strauss reveals the three books he'd want to read if he was marooned on a desert island.
A brief interview with novelist Monique Truong, who is profiled in the current issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
British author Andrea Levy, whose latest novel, The Long Song, is shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, offers some advice for writers who want to be published.
The late author discusses the complexity of literature compared to other art forms.
