Plot Tips for the Disorganized Novelist, Writer Couples, and More
Dysfunctional families in literature; audiobook recommendations for long summer road trips; the ten most challenged books in schools and libraries in 2016; and other news.
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The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion
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Roxane Gay reads part of “The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion” from her essay collection, Bad Feminist (Harper Perennial, 2014). Her debut memoir, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Harper, 2017), is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Craft Capsule: On Reading Aloud
Poets and writers share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: reading aloud.
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Terrance Hayes Named Poetry Editor for New York Times Magazine, NEA Gives Grants in Every State, and More
Tony Tulathimutte offers a guide to submitting your writing; Nick Flynn talks about poetry and addiction; famous typos in American publishing; and other news.
Bloomsday, John Grisham’s Thriller About the Literary World, and More
Book industry sales fell in 2016; the canonical status of Virginia Woolf; Milkweed Editions launches poetry prize to honor late Max Ritvo; and other news.
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
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“I was not at my mother’s side when she took her last breath.” Sherman Alexie reads from his debut memoir, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (Little, Brown, 2017), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Man Booker International Prize Announced, Climate Fiction, and More
British kids coin more than a hundred Trump-related words; the many adaptations and influences of Orwell’s 1984; Tommy Pico talks poetry and podcasting; and other news.
Writing to Reach You
“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?” Some of the first and most influential relationships in our lives are with those in our biological or chosen family. Yet, it is not always easy to tell our loved ones what we are feeling in the moment. Write an epistolary, lyric essay that is addressed to a particular family member and that reflects on your relationship with that person. For inspiration, read more from “A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read” by Ocean Vuong.
Tracy K. Smith Named U.S. Poet Laureate, Rebuilding the Mosul Library, and More
Victor LaValle on the value of horror writing; artist Ekaterina Panikanova makes large-scale ink paintings on vintage books; the importance of literary and political criticism for a healthy democracy; and other news.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One offers the first lines of a dozen new and noteworthy books, including Roxane Gay’s Hunger and Julia Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer.
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