#MeToo: Crafting Our Most Difficult True Stories
Using elements of craft to tell powerful stories about sexual assault and trauma, with examples from work by Roxane Gay, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Megan Stielstra, and others.
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Expanding the Audience for Books
With recent grant funding of $1.4 million, the National Book Foundation aims to reach more readers.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A roundup of new anthologies, including American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, edited by Tracy K. Smith.
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Far-Right Protesters Attack London Bookstore, Librarian Sleuths, and More
The $30,000 book about Ferrari; on balancing a job with multiple writing projects; Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan developing original Amazon series; and other news.
National Student Poets Announced, Amazon Removes Racist Literature, and More
Former clients of fraudulent children’s literary agent Danielle Smith speak out; a dark library in Taiwan offers unconventional way to select books; Nicole Sealey on the poetry of Ellen Bass; and other news.
Literati Bookstore
Literati Bookstore is an independent bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. Literati aims to be a place where book lovers can go, talk, and interact with each other. They host author readings, book clubs, poetry nights, and are open seven days a week.
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Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Finalists Announced, Murakami Novel Deemed “Indecent” in Hong Kong, and More
Two men charged in one of the largest library thefts in history; an interview with Laura Van Den Berg; Whitman Neighborhood Project; and other news.
Colette
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Keira Knightley stars in Colette, a biopic about the early-twentieth-century French novelist who published the successful Claudine novels under her first husband’s name before making a name for herself with later novels including Chéri and Gigi. The film is directed by Wash Westmoreland and costars Denise Gough, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Dominic West.
Alternative Nobel in Literature, Makena Onjerika Wins £10,000 Caine Prize, and More
Plagiarism lawsuit against author Emma Cline dismissed; LatinX in Publishing; Independence Day poems; and other news.
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TV Writing Boom, Junot Díaz Denies Misconduct Allegations, and More
Transgender novel recommendations; Greta Gerwig to direct Little Women film adaptation; decline of leisure reading among Americans; and other news.
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