Poetry in Prisons, the Return of Olive Kitteridge, and More
Not the Booker Prize longlist; Helen Phillips on taking motherhood seriously; a new focus at the American Booksellers Association; and other news.
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How the Internet Improved Our Prose, Rion Amilcar Scott on Ambition, and More
The literary longevity of Bruno Schulz; when Nabokov, Pynchon, and Vonnegut wrote book reviews; the mystery of a baby’s first words; and other news.
What Javier Marías Is Reading, Authors Demand an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border, and More
Macmillan’s plan to limit library access to e-books; Geovani Martins on the voice of Brazil; Megan Rapinoe’s book deal; and other news.
The Faber & Faber Story, Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist, and More
Raquel Salas Rivera on the protests in Puerto Rico; our changing use of the word racist; publisher shelves Boris Johnson’s biography of Shakespeare; and other news.
Booker Prize Longlist, Courtney Maum on Creative Sensitivity, and More
U.K. Booksellers Association launches environmental manifesto; at home with Herman Melville; why science and poetry go together; and other news.
Poetry to Combat Hatred, Neustadt International Prize Finalists, and More
Salman Rushdie on depicting corruption; New Hampshire poet laureate choice sparks controversy; Laura Lippman’s newspaper novel; and other news.
Audible Captions, N. Scott Momaday Wins Peace Award, and More
Colson Whitehead on humor and tragedy; the book that went to the moon and the poem that wasn’t impressed; comics against the Internet; and other news.
Carolyn Forché and the Great Work of Poetry, Lost Charles Dickens Portrait, and More
Hua Hsu on the stories we tell, and don’t tell, about Asian American lives; Chuck Klosterman’s approach to criticism; ACLU defends activist detained by ICE after reciting poem; and other news.
The 2019 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes, Claudia Rankine on White Privilege, and More
Books about the Apollo 11 moon landing; Emilia Phillips on the dissociation of body and self; social workers at the library; and other news.
Translating With Arthur Sze, Fall’s Most Anticipated Books, and More
Mitchell S. Jackson on finding his style; the bully of Stranger Things has a poetry podcast; T. C. Boyle on the allure of altered consciousness; and other news.
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