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J. D. Salinger’s Unpublished Work, Black Ocean and Gramma Join Forces, and More
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Black History Month Reads, Dylan Thomas Prize Longlist, and More
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Barnes & Noble Discover Awards Finalists, Poetry as Confrontation, and More
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American Library Association Awards, Erica Jong on Writing the Body, and More
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Spiegel & Grau Shuttered, Man Group Withdraws From Booker Prize, and More
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Tufts Poetry Awards Finalists, Wattpad to Publish Books, and More
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PEN Literary Awards Finalists, United States Artists Fellowships, and More
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Sam Savage Has Died, Charles Bernstein Wins Bollingen Prize, and More
Edgar Award nominees; National Book Critics Circle finalists; new imprint Celadon Books; and other news.
The Discrimination of Comp Titles, Reading Sacred Texts Today, and More
U.K. poetry sales on the rise; Penguin moves uptown; poets keep language honest; and other news.
Remembering Mary Oliver, Sally Wen Mao on Giving Up the Gaze, and More
Hilton Als on James Baldwin; Akil Kumarasamy wins Story Prize Spotlight; federal shutdown affects D.C. booksellers; and other news.
Mary Oliver Has Died, Atria Launches Signal Press, and More
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Academy of American Poets Receives $2.2 Million, Buzz Books of 2019, and More
Winners of the 2019 Creative Capital Award announced; Jill Abramson accused of inaccuracies in her new book; Lydia Davis on John Dos Passos; and other news.
Bob Woodward Wins PEN Literary Service Award, the Hunt for Books Stolen by Nazis, and More
Hannah Sullivan Wins T. S. Eliot Prize; Tessa Hadley on long marriages; D. T. Max on Nick Drnaso; and other news.
Stephen King Fans Support Maine’s Freelance Writers, Nikki Giovanni On Backbone, and More
Tiana Clark on Black burnout; readers focus on mental health in the New Year; Kamala Harris’s memoir; and other news.
Kristen Roupenian on Going Viral, New Imprint Europa Compass, and More
Claudia Rankine on the stories behind Citizen; Dani Shapiro’s reading list; the Believer Book Awards longlist; and other news.
Natasha Trethewey on Remembering the Past, Millions Editor Lydia Kiesling Signs Off, and More
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Rescues a Bookstore, the Story Prize Finalists, and More
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R. O. Kwon on Being a Woman in America, New Sylvia Plath Story Discovered, and More
Roxane Gay on literary fame; winners of the 2018 Costa Book Awards announced; rejecting the advice to tidy up bookshelves; and other news.
Declining Author Incomes, the Future of Publishing, and More
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Publishers Weekly Acquires the Millions, Writing About Motherhood, and More
How to read more in 2019; Holocaust novelist Edgar Hilsenrath has died; London’s Feminist Library saved from closure; and other news.
Reginald Dwayne Betts on Ntozake Shange, the Most Anticipated Books of 2019, and More
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Books by women and nonbinary writers of color to read in 2019; classic works enter the public domain; the evolving art of audiobooks; and other news.