Germany Digitizes WWI Documents, North Carolina Writers React to “Poet Gate,” and More
San Francisco bookstores struggle with high rents; writers discussing money; one-star reviews of classic literature; and other news.
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Hillary Clinton Book Signing Draws 1,100 Fans, Author Among Malaysia Airlines Victims, and More
First printed book in English sells for nearly $2 million; feminist author Laurie Penny attacked online; a poet enters the world of Las Vegas performance; and other news.
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Amazon Launches Kindle Unlimited, North Carolina Poet Laureate Resigns, and More
E-book sales up by 5.1 percent; nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore gets a new life; Singapore reverses decision to destroy books; and other news.
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Neil Gaiman Visits Syrian Refugee Camps, Chipotle Overlooks Latino Authors, and More
Natasha Trethewey's term as poet laureate comes to an end; OverDrive partners with Smashwords; Goodreads connects readers with authors; and other news.
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TED Talks to Become Book Series, Philip Roth's Letter to the Editor, and More
Writers at the Atlantic look at writing and marriage; the effects of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s writing on his personal life; the death of Michael Rockefeller; and other news.
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Two Festivals Celebrate Small Presses, More Books Bound in Human Skin, and More
Mathematical Poetry Month; the best books to celebrate warmer weather; John Updike’s home turf; and other news.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea Pens Memoir, Jane Goodall On Plagiarism, and More
Jimmy Carter signs 1,600 books; a road trip to film dead poets; Sherman Alexie book banned in Idaho; and other news.
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Keith Richards’s Children’s Book, Twitter Fiction Festival, and More
Author advocates autonomy for sex workers; Wes Anderson discusses Stefan Zweig; the Irish Grey Gardens; and other news.
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James Patterson To Give $1 Million to Independent Bookstores, AWP Open to the Public, and More
Haruki Murakami's next novel will be published in the U.S. in August; Chinese dissident author Yu Jie is having trouble finding a publisher; Electric Literature's 2014 Great Indie Press Preview; and other news.
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The Exiles: Report From Literary Syria
In a continuing series examining the state of literature abroad, poets Amjad Etry and Hala Mohammad and filmmaker Muhammad Bayazid discuss the challenges that writers and artists face amidst ongoing political turmoil in Syria.
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