National Poetry Month, Four Quartets Prize Finalists, and More
Hemingway center opens in Havana; poets on when their verse goes viral; Colson Whitehead’s AWP keynote address; and other news.
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Claudia Rankine’s Conversation, Jennifer Eberhardt on Bias, and More
Publishers Weekly names Literati bookstore of the year; Alex Holder on why writers shouldn’t keep their advances quiet; the software scripting our life stories; and other news.
Gabriel Okara Has Died, Supporting Disability Justice, and More
The Mueller Report audiobook; Jericho Brown on the utterance of shock and awe; the best bookstores in each of the fifty states; and other news.
The Best-Selling Memoir Ever, Escaping the White House, and More
Sales increase at Penguin Random House; Dorthe Nors on the psychology of translation; Oprah Winfrey launches book club with Apple; and other news.
Androids Write of Electric Sheep, Janet Mock Owns Her Story, and More
Melville House to publish Robert Mueller’s report; Leah Naomi Green wins Walt Whitman Award; reeling in an interview with Patricia Lockwood; and other news.
Ali Smith on Spring, Maggie Nelson’s Publishing Lessons, and More
Dan Mallory shortlisted for a British Book Award; Americanah to be adapted for the big screen; Morgan Parker on audacity; and other news.
Laila Lalami’s Reading List, YA Criticism Versus Cancel Culture, and More
The tools to start writing your book; Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s hundredth birthday; W. S. Merwin’s pattern of circularity; and other news.
Linda Gregg Has Died, Whiting Award Winners, and More
The Academy of American Poets launches new leadership awards; Dr. Tressie McMillan speaks to Roxane Gay; why journalists don’t make good protagonists; and other news.
Trump Calls to Close NEA, Tommy Orange Wins PEN/Hemingway Award, and More
American Booksellers Association CEO set to retire; the 2019 Lukas Prize winners; Naomi Cohn on poetic mess; and other news.
Carol Gilligan’s Radical Listening, Jerome Foundation Awards, and More
Wellcome Prize finalists, Walter Isaacson joins Arcadia Publishing, Miriam Toews on (Mennonite) women talking; and other news.
Remembering W. S. Merwin, Laurie Halse Anderson on Speaking Out, and More
Dave Eggers on the next generation; Apple to adapt Pachinko as drama series; climate change and the mandate of travel writers; and other news.
National Book Critics Circle Awards, F+W Media Declares Bankruptcy, and More
Alicia Keys is the first author of Oprah Winfrey and Flatiron Books imprint; Honoré de Balzac's love affair in letters, a not-very-chill audience at Be More Chill on Broadway; and other news.
Windham-Campbell Prize Winners, American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards, and More
Harper Lee’s letter on the sell-outs of her hometown; Arthur A. Levine to launch new indie press; Rick Singer’s book reviews; and other news.
Man Booker International Longlist, Science Fiction Foretells the Future, and More
New translation imprint HarperVia; Maurice Carlos Ruffin on satire; The Left Hand of Darkness at fifty; and other news.
Triangle Award Finalists, Literary Rivalries, and More
Benn Steil wins American history book award; keeping up with indie presses; remembering Rachel Ingalls; and other news.
Barnes & Noble Discover Awards, Daughters of Africa Sequel, and More
Twenty-five writers on the songs that matter now; Sally Rooney at the New Yorker; the worst reviews of the best books; and other news.
Handmaid’s Tale Sequel, Lambda Literary Finalists, and More
Fatimah Asghar on solidarity; Toni Morrison’s new essay collection; James Tate’s posthumous poetry; and other news.
Lauren Groff Wins Story Prize, the Stolen Books of Internet Piracy, and More
Paris Review prizes; Edmund Berrigan on encountering his father’s poetry in workshop; Netflix to adapt One Hundred Years of Solitude; and other news.
Tournament of Books, PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists, and More
Jill Osier wins Yale Series of Younger Poets; the 2019 Audie awards; the decline of New York City bookstores; and other news.
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Two Nobels in 2019, Dan Smetanka Named Editor in Chief of Counterpoint, and More
One Book, One New York reading list; Dave Eggers on why Trump might win again; George Saunders on making it into the New Yorker; and other news.
Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist, 2019 Best American Guest Editors, and More
A two-year decline in translated publications; the Second Shelf is changing how we pay for books by women; Etaf Rum on breaking a code of silence; and other news.
New Booker Prize Sponsor, the Cut Expands to Fiction, and More
Washington Post and Scribner to publish Mueller report; the Believer awards; theaters cancel productions of To Kill a Mockingbird; and other news.
Authors for Women’s Voices in Afghan Peace Talks, Philip Pullman’s New Novel, and More
The worry, regret, and insomnia of publication; the fifty greatest literary television adaptations; Jane Stern on the dark side of libraries; and other news.
Dawn Lundy Martin Wins Kingsley Tufts Prize, 2019 PEN Literary Awards, and More
Natasha Trethewey on painting with poetry; the radical lineage of Black women’s autofiction; a stable year of print sales for Penguin Random House; and other news.
New York Review of Books’ New Editors, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Comic Book Hero, and More
HBO announces release date for Native Son; National Book Award for translation results in sales spike; the murky world of literary plagiarism; and other news.