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An Open Letter from Macmillan, Magazine Recommendations, and More
Translators in conversation; Yanyi on adapting to a new creative schedule; horror in the new world; and other stories.
Listening to John Ashbery, R. O. Kwon on Momentum, and More
Alexander Chee on writing the other; Helen Garner burns her diaries; Jaquira Díaz talks the risks and rewards of writing a memoir; and other news.
A Literary Review Built to Last, Epic Poetry, and More
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Memoir of the Queer Underground, Questions at the NYPL, and More
Sheila O’Connor on the things we can never know; Lilly Dancyger talks anger and writing; the New Yorker revisits T. S. Eliot; and other news.
Kirkus Prizewinners, Excerpts at the New York Times Book Review, and More
Kathryn Court of Penguin Books announces retirement; Fiona Benson discusses her Forward Prize–winning collection; Leland Cheuk talks humor writing; and other news.
Poetry in Politics, Writing About Trauma, and More
Carl Phillips considers the history of the Yale Younger Poets Prize; Saeed Jones finds home in Columbus, Ohio; Molara Wood charts the rise of Nigerian fiction; and other news.
Tokarczuk to Launch Foundation, How to Write a Mystery, and More
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Forward Prizes for Poetry, Ginsberg After Kerouac, and More
Four writers compare notes on desire; Maggie Su offers advice for flash fiction writers; why Marguerite Duras will help you survive the internet; and other news.
Ken Chen on Counterculture, Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, and More
Indie bookstores collaborate to draw crowds; Courtney Maum discusses her latest novel, Costalegre; Vulture celebrates Tana French; and other stories.
The Academy Responds to Nobel Controversy, Matthew Zapruder on Craft, and More
New York magazine’s literary critic offers submission tips; three new books by trans writers; Megan Lynch moves to Flatiron Books; and other news.
T. S. Eliot Prize Finalists, Peter Handke Responds to Critics, and More
Two online retailers in Australia will not sell Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill; PEN America launches six new chapters across the United States; James Wood considers the complex legacy of Harold Bloom; and other news.
Booker Winners in Conversation, Calls to Repatriate James Joyce, and More
Ronan Farrow uncovers “catch and kill” practices in the media industry; Ali Wong brings her humor to a memoir; Diana Khoi Nguyen considers the public sharing of grief; and other news.
Two Booker Prize Winners, the Possibilities of Translation, and More
Ocean Vuong interviews his friend and former professor Ben Lerner; Jaquira Díaz discusses her memoir, Ordinary Girls; Jung Chang talks politics and censorship in China; and other news.
The Case Against Peter Handke, Book Burning at Georgia Southern, and More
John le Carré on his twenty-fifth novel; Adrienne Brodeur on the possibilities of memoir; Jennifer Croft, a translator for Olga Tokarczuk, celebrates the new laureate; and other news.
Two Nobel Prizes in Literature, New Manuscript for The Tale of Genji, and More
A conversation with John Freeman and newly minted laureate Olga Tokarczuk; Leigh Bardugo discusses her adult debut, Ninth House; Helen Phillips considers horror in The Need; and other news.
Seventy-Nine MacDowell Fellows, Becoming a Critic, and More
A Jane Austen letter up for auction; Carmen Maria Machado talks editing; at home with Ben Lerner; and other news.
National Book Award Finalists, Revisiting John Updike, and More
Biblioasis publisher on the Ducks, Newburyport buzz; Michele Richardson raises copyright concerns with Jojo Moyes; Jess Row on the past and future of the MFA; and other news.
Joyce Carol Oates on Climate Catastrophe, Year-to-Date Book Sales, and More
Booker Prize finalists talk inspiration; anticipating the Nobel Prizes for literature; the pleasures and challenges of used bookselling; and other news.
The Pleasures of Writing, Surveillance Capitalism, and More
How gender figures in the work of Haruki Murakami; the risks of strict reading-level systems; an interactive comic at the Believer; and other news.
The 2019 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grants, D. H. Lawrence’s Obscenity Trial, and More
Four enduring publishers and literary magazines; the corrupt language of politics; a reissue for a feminist classic; and other news.
Andrew Carnegie Medals Longlist, Minneapolis on the Rise, and More
Penguin Random House defends Lara Prescott against copyright complaint; Stefania Heim describes translating a multilingual poet; Philip Pullman talks fiction and politics; and other news.
Zadie Smith on the Power of Fiction, Ocean Vuong’s Reading List, and More
Leslie Jamison and Kaveh Akbar discuss Make It Scream, Make It Burn; Ben Lerner considers Rosmarie Waldrop and the “poet’s novel”; Naomi Klein advocates for the Green New Deal; and other news.
Knausgaard on the Nature of Literature, New Susanna Clarke Forthcoming, and More
Kimberly King Parsons discusses the primacy of voice; Shonda Buchanan talks memoir and difficult conversations; a new book series celebrates the Black British community; and other news.
Center for Fiction First Novel Shortlist, A24 Books Unveiled, and More
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