Harper Lee’s Unfinished Crime Story, Rick Barot’s Ekphrastic Endeavor, and More
Poet Imtiaz Dharker declines U.K. poet laureateship; Chuck Kinder has died; Patti Smith memoir wins One Book, One New York contest; and other news.
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Roxane Gay Launches Online Magazine, Asian American Penguin Classics, and More
Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh has resigned following book scandal; PEN World Voices Festival kicks off on Monday; authors who write to shock; and other news.
The Novels of #MeToo, Michael David Lukas Wins Sami Rohr Prize, and More
Laila Lalami on observing life from two vantage points; Martin Kilson has died; McGraw-Hill and Cengage announce merger; and other news.
Namwali Serpell on Mixing Genres, Stanford Cancels Press Funding Cut, and More
High school students compete in Poetry Out Loud; why Clarice Lispector couldn’t get her novel published or translated; seven Irish writers to watch; and other news.
Oloomi Wins PEN/Faulkner, Women’s Prize Shortlist, and More
Craig Popelars named Tin House Books’s new publisher; white supremacists interrupt Independent Bookstore Day reading; Amélie Wen Zhao’s controversial young adult novel to be published; and other news.
Publishing Triangle Awards, Extinction Rebellion Manual, and More
Four-hundred-year-old bible returned to Pittsburgh; a bouquet of poets including Fatimah Asghar, Ada Limón, and Hieu Minh Nguyen; poet Les Murray has died; and other news.
National Antiracist Book Festival, Lost Sequel to A Clockwork Orange, and More
A profile of Jan Morris; playwright Mark Medoff has died; poet Dorianne Laux on mastering her craft; and other news.
Walt Whitman’s Democratic Message, 2Pac Poetry Competition, and More
Joy Harjo wins Jackson Poetry Prize; Kate Zambreno on writing postpartum; Nora Roberts sues Brazilian writer for plagiarism; and other news.
Poets Laureate Fellowships Announced, Tolkien Estate Disowns Biopic, and More
Hoda Barakat wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction; the athleticism of sports writing; Nicole Brossard honored with Griffin Trust lifetime achievement award; and other news.
World Book Day, Climate Change Reading Group, and More
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the “voice for the voiceless” label; the fifth annual Independent Bookstore Day; Prince memoir publication date announced; and other news.
Beach Reads, a Book Critic’s Take on the Mueller Report, and More
Poets recommend poets; Kathy Fagan talks to Maggie Smith about playing the long game; Robert Caro on writing power; and other news.
Writers in TIME 100, a Gothic Interview With Carmen Maria Machado, and More
Five ways to read the Mueller report; Kaveh Akbar on poetry and power; why some writers are still sniffy about science fiction; and other news.
Garrison Keillor Sells Common Good Books, Charlotte Brontë’s Braid, and More
The pressure to publish before thirty; Margaret Renkl on accumulating your book bit-by-bit; the activism of teenage poets; and other news.
Letter From the NBCC President, Two Hundred Years of Walt Whitman, and More
Artificial intelligence in Ian McEwan’s new novel; women writers republished in Modern Library Torchbearers series; at home with the Comma Queen; and other news.
Pulitzer Prize Winners, Los Angeles Times Book Awards, and More
The book that rebuilt Notre Dame; Persephone’s twenty years of publishing women; six hundred stolen books returned to the University of Bonn; and other news.
Stanley Plumly Has Died, Translating Emily Dickinson, and More
A profile of E. L. James; Sarah Blake on writing weirdness in her new novel, Naamah; Julian Assange sends a message with a book; and other news.
AWP’s New Executive Director, Tayari Jones Wins Aspen Words Prize, and More
The Young Lions Fiction Award finalists; a protracted tug-of-war with Bret Easton Ellis; the book Julian Assange carried to court; and other news.
Guggenheim Fellowships Announced, Curbside Splendor Under Fire, and More
Robert Caro’s best tips for journalists; the lost catalogue of the sixteenth century’s biggest library; Susan Choi on writing teenage life; and other news.
Man Booker International Prize Finalists, Rachel Cusk’s Archive, and More
The Poetry Bot returns to the New Yorker; political mood versus the poetry of the internet; Sam Lipsyte on writing while parenting; and other news.
Griffin Poetry Prize Finalists, the Most Challenged Books of 2018, and More
Computers confirm a single author behind Beowulf; Hachette Books names Mary Ann Naples new publisher; Emily Chang on exposing misogyny in the tech industry; and other news.
Ann Beattie’s Novel Struggle, Vonda N. McIntyre Has Died, and More
Kickstarter launches publishing conference; poet Edward Hirsch on insomnia and civility; the digital catnip of the Seven Day Book Cover Challenge; and other news.
Nicole Sealey Leaves Cave Canem, Anisfield-Wolf Award Winners, and More
Fighting racism in romance fiction; Carolyn Forché on the voice of trauma; Seven Stories Press spearheads Indie Playlist, and other news.
Grace Schulman Joins American Academy of Arts and Letters, Hugo Finalists, and More
New Long Island University low-residency MFA; Scribd debuts new content program; the $2,250 bag to match your current reading; and other news.
London’s Storied Commuters, a Poetic April Fools’ Prank, and More
Baltimore mayor’s too-good-to-be-true book deal; sexuality and overwhelm at AWP; Alice Walker and Tayari Jones win NAACP Image Awards; and other news.
Tracy K. Smith on Listening, the Communal Palace of Public Libraries, and More
Brenda Shaughnessy’s prophylactic imagination; Robert A. Caro’s approach to biography; why book editors should ask for better working conditions; and other news.