KFC’s Romance Novel, Pearson Announces More Cuts, and More
American Writers Museum to open next week; Bill Clinton and James Patterson pen a political thriller; the country homes of the Bloomsbury Group; and other news.
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Yiannopoulos to Self-Publish Memoir, the Poetry of Pop Stars, and More
Librarians meet on Capitol Hill to fight for funding; children’s book author and illustrator Peter Spier has died; David Grann on writing history and confronting the unknown; and other news.
Obamas Unveil Presidential Library Plans, Best Translated Book Awards, and More
Three new story collections by immigrant writers; new anthology of West Virginia writers; Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians television series; and other news.
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Finnegans Wake Set to Music, Poetry Survival Kit, and More
Jim Shepard wins $30,000 Rea Award; a protest poetry survival kit for women; study measures poetry-induced chills; and other news.
Short Story Month, Patricia Lockwood’s Memoir, and More
Lisa Ko on writing and rewriting her debut novel; Tor Books launches experimental genre imprint; poet Jack Muller has died; and other news.
Barbershop Books, Congress to Fund Arts Through September, and More
Writer and editor Jean Stein has died; more than 41 percent of U.K. readers lie about what they’ve read; Elizabeth Strout on embracing childhood feelings; and other news.
Books Are Magic, Books n Bros, and More
Poetry and prose books by Latinx authors to read for a hundred days and beyond; U.K. readers turn back to the print book while Chinese readers embrace the e-book; Almog Behar on bridging the gap between Arabic and Hebrew writers; and other news.
Handmaid’s Tale Giveaway, Robin Coste Lewis Named L.A. Poet Laureate, and More
PEN America releases report on the state of free speech in the first hundred days of Donald
Trump’s presidency; Mohsin Hamid on writing fiction and migration; the New Yorker profiles poet Morgan Parker; and other news.
The Parthenon of Books, Between the World and Me Adapted for Stage, and More
Barnes & Noble names Demos Parneros as its new CEO; Michelle Dean on Granta’s “Best American Young Novelists” and the conflicting impulses of American fiction writers; Major Jackson’s “Renga for Obama” to conclude this Sunday; and other news.
Granta’s Best Young American Novelists, the Global Novel, and More
Viet Thanh Nguyen makes a case against the writing workshop; tracing the origins of well-known quotes; Mohammed Hasan Alwan wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction; and other news.
The History of Google Books, the Hogarth Press Centennial, and More
Robert M. Pirsig has died; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt makes another round of layoffs; Monica Youn on poetry, women, and property; and other news.
Winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Announced, Nikki Giovanni’s Writing Advice, and More
Theater company commissions thirty-eight new Shakespeare-inspired plays; what the Proto-Indo-European language may have sounded like; the growth of explicitly political poetry; and other news.
Pizza Poetry Day, Whitehead and Atwood Among TIME’s Most Influential, and More
Man Booker International Prize shortlist announced; Bill O’Reilly’s 1998 novel about a fired TV newsman; the subjectivity of literary taste; and other news.
Rent Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom, Buy a Trove of French Letters, and More
Henry Holt to continue publishing Bill O’Reilly; the process of adding words to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to publish picture book; and other news.
Telepoem Booth, the Legacy of Bishop and Lowell, and More
Finalists announced for the 2017 Best Translated Book Awards; a classics scholar and his father recreate the journey of Odysseus; typos in literature; and other news.
Penguin Launches Readathon, the Activism of Grace Paley, and More
Donald Trump plugs a stunt book with blank pages; Patricia Lockwood as poet and Twitter maven; Lena Dunham talks books; and other news.
A Quiet Passion, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Early Writing Days, and More
Kathryn Schulz chronicles literature’s obsession with the Arctic; the case for hate-reading; an anesthesiologist’s take on poetry; and other news.
Poetry of Exile, a Literary Guide to the Cannes Film Festival, and More
Picador editor on supporting overlooked voices; new e-book project explores digital ownership; Margaret Atwood’s additions to The Handmaid’s Tale audiobook; and other news.
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Seven-Year-old Syrian Refugee to Write Memoir, James Baldwin’s Archive, and More
Anonymous writer leads campaign to restore the Mosul University Library in Iraq; new book celebrates the Library of Congress card catalogue; unpublished Sylvia Plath letters reveal domestic abuse; and other news.
The Poetry Project at Fifty, New York Times’ New Book Advice Column, and More
This year’s top ten frequently challenged books; unique Little Free Libraries; fast-growing independent publishers; and other news.
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Shetterly Signs Two-Book Deal, National Library Week, and More
Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist announced; a guide to author readings; Margaret Atwood profiled in the New Yorker; and more.
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Guggenheim Fellows Announced, the Science of Book Smells, and More
A visual biography of Sylvia Plath; Constance DeJong on the thirtieth anniversary republication of her novel Modern Love; Donald Barthelme’s first novel comes to the stage; and other news.
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Memoir and Memory, Women Writers on Ambition, and More
Hunter S. Thompson’s Rolling Stone legacy; Academy of Arts and Letters award winners; a Mary Gaitskill primer; and other news.
Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts, Biden Book Deal, and More
Rebecca Solnit and the impact of feminist storytelling; Edgar Allen Poe’s foray into natural philosophy; the challenges of writing a Trump biography for children; and other news.
We Read Too, History’s Most Popular Books, and More
Colum McCann’s writing advice; Patricia Lockwood on her new memoir, Priestdaddy; the changing definition of historical fiction; and other news.