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Lannan Awards, Tips for Making an Author Website, and More
Essayist Megan Stielstra on finding community; a profile of Roxane Gay; why Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards; and other news.
Dolores Kendrick Has Died, Vanity Fair’s New Editor, and More
Major publishers report uptick in sales for third quarter of 2017; Louise Erdrich on her new novel and motherhood; Susan Sontag’s fiction; and other news.
Saeed Jones on BuzzFeed’s Twitter Show, Audible Turns Twenty, and More
Actress Krysten Ritter releases thriller novel; McSweeney’s and Casper Mattress launch print magazine; Beth Ann Fennelly on micro-memoirs; and other news.
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Flannery O’Connor’s College Journal, Amazon’s Hundred Best Books of 2017, and More
Charles Simic and Katha Pollitt on the past year; Reginald Dwayne Betts sworn into Connecticut bar; the myths behind J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy; and other news.
Poetry Across the Nations, Digital Dante, and More
Poet wins Minneapolis City Council seat; John Kulka named editorial director of the Library of America; wildlife sculptures made from recycled books; and other news.
Publishing a Book in Trump’s First Year, the Contradictions of Philip Roth, and More
The proliferation of bestseller lists; writers speak out against pirated e-books; a profile of Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the Odyssey; and other news.
National Novel Writing Month, Zadie Smith on New York City, and More
Jonathan Franzen on the state of the essay; Roxane Gay to edit anthology on rape culture; a massive library opens in Tianjin, China; and other news.
Kirkus Awards, the Lives of Discarded Books, and More
Camille T. Dungy talks writing, race, and motherhood; bookstores recover from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey; the enduring inspiration of Nancy Drew; and other news.
Civil War Books, Defining Good Writing, and More
Patrick Rosal on being mistaken for the help; the rise of Spanish-language curriculum in graduate creative writing programs; a film adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians; and other news.
Book World to Close All Stores, Seattle Named City of Literature, and More
Scholastic publishes series based on ten-year-old reporter Hilde Lysiak; film versus book trilogies; Mohsin Hamid on optimism; and other news.
A Horror-Writing Bot, Literary Halloween, and More
Jacqueline Woodson signs two-book deal with Riverhead; Austin Central Library opens; poet Fay Chiang has died; and other news.
Spooky Halloween Reads, WME Drops Bill O’Reilly, and More
Turkish novelist Elif Shafak joins Future Library; Publishers Weekly’s best books of 2017; Bill Cain, pseudonymous author of Murder, She Wrote, dies; and other news.
Mark Twain’s Financial Schemes, Colin Kaepernick’s Book Deal, and More
Rome soccer team plays Anne Frank’s diary on loudspeaker; a mobile pop-up library of Filipino American literature; writers try on clothing subscription services; and other news.
Rumored Salinger Books, Poe’s Hatchet Jobs, and More
Stephanie Burt on gender transition literature; Angela Flournoy and Issa Rae to develop HBO drama; the story behind Netflix’s Alias Grace; and other news.
Garth Greenwell on Opera, Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, and More
Kazim Ali on the purpose and place of pop poetry; never-before-seen photos of Joan Didion; John McCain to publish memoir in April; and other news.
Marilynne Robinson on the Importance of Humanities, Neruda’s Cause of Death, and More
Tracy K. Smith visits China as U.S. poet laureate; Xerox releases free story anthology about the workplace; women share experiences of sexual harassment in the publishing industry; and other news.
A Heat-Sensitive Edition of Fahrenheit 451, T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist, and More
Gabrielle Calvocoressi interviewed at the Los Angeles Review of Books; Amazon expands to Australia; Jonathan Karp’s ten rules for book editors; and other news.
Sam Shepard’s Last Novel, Emma Cline on Sexual Harassment, and More
Stefan Kiesbye describes losing his home in the California wildfires; the history behind the Booker Prize; Philip Pullman to launch book at midnight; and other news.
George Saunders Wins Booker Prize, 2016 Vida Count Released, and More
Black poets on their inspirations; Asian American women writers roundtable; China’s largest digital publishing house to go public; and other news.
Ali Smith on the Novel, Amy Tan’s Memoir, and More
Dave Eggers interviews Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Mississippi school district pulls To Kill a Mockingbird from curriculum; remembering poet Richard Wilbur; and other news.
A Public Space Launches Book Imprint, Richard Wilbur Has Died, and More
Emma Cline on the wildfires in California; the developmental benefits of reading at a young age; predictions for the 2017 Man Booker Prize; and other news.
Frankfurt Announcements, Weinstein Imprint Shutters, and More
NEA’s Big Read program adds new books to its library; Attica Locke on understanding the psyche; life lessons from Russian literature; and other news.
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grants Announced, Tom Hanks the Writer, and More
Amazon releases waterproof Kindle; seventy-two writers pen letter in defense of Norton editor Jill Bialosky; a profile of Philip Pullman; and other news.