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Penguin Random House defends Lara Prescott against copyright complaint; Stefania Heim describes translating a multilingual poet; Philip Pullman talks fiction and politics; and other news.
Leslie Jamison and Kaveh Akbar discuss Make It Scream, Make It Burn; Ben Lerner considers Rosmarie Waldrop and the “poet’s novel”; Naomi Klein advocates for the Green New Deal; and other news.
Kimberly King Parsons discusses the primacy of voice; Shonda Buchanan talks memoir and difficult conversations; a new book series celebrates the Black British community; and other news.
Updates to the New York Times bestseller lists; Sarah M. Broom on finding the framework for The Yellow House; Max Porter on reading while grieving; and other news.
Ta-Nehisi Coates shares why his novel is titled The Water Dancer; the Paris Review teases new content for the quarterly’s podcast; Ann Patchett on throwing away an entire draft; and other news.
New York Magazine finds a new home at Vox Media; PEN America examines banned books in the U.S. prison system; Ta-Nehisi Coates talks speculative fiction; and other news.
Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name, appears on 60 Minutes; a Jewish girl's diary from the Holocaust is published in English for the first time; crime novelists discuss the pleasures and perils of their genre; and other news.
Samantha Hunt wins the 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize for The Dark Dark; the new CEO of Barnes & Noble shares his business plan; book publishers reconsider professional fact-checking; and other news.
Publishers Weekly names Jennifer Baker the 2019 PW Superstar; a new home for the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library; Leslie Jamison in the latest installment of By the Book at the New York Times; and other news.
The New York Public Library declines to host an event sponsored by foundation connected to Saudi crown prince; the New York Times probes the price of the writers’ workshop; Lucy Ellmann talks Ducks, Newburyport; and other news.
