MIT Clears Junot Díaz to Return to Teach This Fall, 2017 VIDA Count, and More
Poet Eduardo Corral on humanizing immigrants; Carnegie Medal winner warns against “accessible” prose in children’s literature; writers on procrastination; and other news.
Genre: Not Genre-Specific
Arundhati Roy Answers Fan Questions, Barack Obama’s Summer Reads, and More
Upcoming book-to-film adaptations; LGBTQ literature classics; Maggie Nelson on the reissue of her 2007 poetry book; and other news.
Craft Capsule: Tao Te Ching
Simon Van Booy considers writing as a process of instinct rather than thought.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen new books, including Sick by Porochista Khakpour and Sons of Achilles by Nabila Lovelace.
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Barbershop Books
Creating local reading spaces for young Black boys.
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Cornucopia: Report From Literary Bogotá
In a continuing series on international writing communities, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with authors and publishers in Bogotá, Colombia.
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The Written Image: Kerry Mansfield’s “Expired”
Ex-library books are catalogued in a new home.
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Q&A: A Merger of Literary, Legal Minds
Agent Gillian MacKenzie on her new partnership with lawyer Kirsten Wolf.
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The Business of Relationships: How Authors, Agents, Editors, Booksellers, and Publicists Work Together to Reach Readers
The teams behind debut authors Jordy Rosenberg, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Aja Gabel, Rachel Z. Arndt, and Ruth Joffre.
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Craft Capsule: A Bird in the Sky
Simon Van Booy puts inspiration and the writer’s realm of possibility into perspective.
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