Tracy K. Smith’s Poetry Cure, AWP Appoints Interim Executive Director, and More
National Library Week; Frank O’Hara’s ongoing influence in the art world; Spanish-language online bookstore to launch in U.S.; and other news.
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Three Swedish Academy Members Resign, Junot Díaz on Childhood Trauma, and More
An oral history of New York Magazine; protest poets to read during National Poetry Month; promising growth of black-owned indie bookstores in the U.S.; and other news.
Siri Hustvedt on Art and Science
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“I think physicists and poets are not as different as we like to think. The same unconscious processes are at work in both.” In this interview from the 2017 Louisiana Literature festival in Denmark, Siri Hustvedt talks about her background in neuroscience, the experiences of writing both nonfiction and fiction, and the value of approaching questions from different interdisciplinary perspectives.
Accessibility and AWP, Lawrence Ferlinghetti at Ninety-Nine, and More
Angie Thomas wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize; Lauren Cerand joins A Public Space; Lena Waithe in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson; and other news.
A Petition Circulates and Sides Form as AWP Board Remains Silent About Fenza
Responses to AWP executive director David Fenza’s departure have been met by silence from the organization’s board.
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David Fenza Out as Executive Director of AWP
On March 11 the board of directors of AWP ended its relationship with the organization’s long-time executive director, David Fenza. “I had no warnings,” he says.
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Go Home!
The Pulitzer Prize winner offers his personal perspective on the idea of “home” in his foreword to Go Home!, a new anthology of fiction, memoir, and poetry by Asian diasporic writers.
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Women Writers Press for Progress, Overlooked Obituaries, and More
Poet Lucie Brock-Broido has died; Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist; Like a Woman pop-up bookstore; and other news.
Read Across America Day, Writing a Memoir While Grieving, and More
Clint Smith on Black Panther and W. E. B. Du Bois; South Korean poet Ko Un accused of sexual harassment; the most popular book in every state; and other news.
New Indigenous Writers, Poetry and Empathy, and More
Essential Native American novels; true crime research; Jane Austen’s unusual editing tools; and other news.
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