World Book Day, Climate Change Reading Group, and More
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the “voice for the voiceless” label; the fifth annual Independent Bookstore Day; Prince memoir publication date announced; and other news.
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Beach Reads, a Book Critic’s Take on the Mueller Report, and More
Poets recommend poets; Kathy Fagan talks to Maggie Smith about playing the long game; Robert Caro on writing power; and other news.
Writers in TIME 100, a Gothic Interview With Carmen Maria Machado, and More
Five ways to read the Mueller report; Kaveh Akbar on poetry and power; why some writers are still sniffy about science fiction; and other news.
Garrison Keillor Sells Common Good Books, Charlotte Brontë’s Braid, and More
The pressure to publish before thirty; Margaret Renkl on accumulating your book bit-by-bit; the activism of teenage poets; and other news.
Letter From the NBCC President, Two Hundred Years of Walt Whitman, and More
Artificial intelligence in Ian McEwan’s new novel; women writers republished in Modern Library Torchbearers series; at home with the Comma Queen; and other news.
Pulitzer Prize Winners, Los Angeles Times Book Awards, and More
The book that rebuilt Notre Dame; Persephone’s twenty years of publishing women; six hundred stolen books returned to the University of Bonn; and other news.
Stanley Plumly Has Died, Translating Emily Dickinson, and More
A profile of E. L. James; Sarah Blake on writing weirdness in her new novel, Naamah; Julian Assange sends a message with a book; and other news.
AWP’s New Executive Director, Tayari Jones Wins Aspen Words Prize, and More
The Young Lions Fiction Award finalists; a protracted tug-of-war with Bret Easton Ellis; the book Julian Assange carried to court; and other news.
The Bookshop Band
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In this video from the Wigtown Book Festival in Scotland, the Bookshop Band performs “Death to the Kindle” inspired by The Diary of a Bookseller (Melville House, 2018) by Shaun Bythell. English singer-songwriters Beth Porter and Ben Please compose music based on books and writers and are featured in News and Trends in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Guggenheim Fellowships Announced, Curbside Splendor Under Fire, and More
Robert Caro’s best tips for journalists; the lost catalogue of the sixteenth century’s biggest library; Susan Choi on writing teenage life; and other news.
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