The Academy Responds to Nobel Controversy, Matthew Zapruder on Craft, and More
New York magazine’s literary critic offers submission tips; three new books by trans writers; Megan Lynch moves to Flatiron Books; and other news.
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T. S. Eliot Prize Finalists, Peter Handke Responds to Critics, and More
Two online retailers in Australia will not sell Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill; PEN America launches six new chapters across the United States; James Wood considers the complex legacy of Harold Bloom; and other news.
Booker Winners in Conversation, Calls to Repatriate James Joyce, and More
Ronan Farrow uncovers “catch and kill” practices in the media industry; Ali Wong brings her humor to a memoir; Diana Khoi Nguyen considers the public sharing of grief; and other news.
Two Booker Prize Winners, the Possibilities of Translation, and More
Ocean Vuong interviews his friend and former professor Ben Lerner; Jaquira Díaz discusses her memoir, Ordinary Girls; Jung Chang talks politics and censorship in China; and other news.
Kurt Vonnegut on Writing and Talent
The legendary author of Slaughterhouse-Five explores some of the fundamental questions facing aspiring writers.
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The Case Against Peter Handke, Book Burning at Georgia Southern, and More
John le Carré on his twenty-fifth novel; Adrienne Brodeur on the possibilities of memoir; Jennifer Croft, a translator for Olga Tokarczuk, celebrates the new laureate; and other news.
Two Nobel Prizes in Literature, New Manuscript for The Tale of Genji, and More
A conversation with John Freeman and newly minted laureate Olga Tokarczuk; Leigh Bardugo discusses her adult debut, Ninth House; Helen Phillips considers horror in The Need; and other news.
Seventy-Nine MacDowell Fellows, Becoming a Critic, and More
A Jane Austen letter up for auction; Carmen Maria Machado talks editing; at home with Ben Lerner; and other news.
The Second Shelf
In a tiny bookshop in London, writer A. N. Devers spotlights women’s writing by only stocking rare books and modern first editions by female authors.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Grand Union by Zadie Smith and Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout.
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