Kid Lit Campaigns for Child Immigrants, Indie Book Awards, and More
Oxford English Dictionary calls for regional words; Amazon’s best books of the year so far; National Youth Poet Laureate Patricia Frazier on poetry and activism; and other news.
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Craft Capsule: A Form of Salvation
Simon Van Booy writes about opening your whole life to creativity.
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.
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.
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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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: 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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