The Written Image: Kerry Mansfield’s “Expired”
Ex-library books are catalogued in a new home.
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Ex-library books are catalogued in a new home.
In a continuing series on international writing communities, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with authors and publishers in Bogotá, Colombia.
Simon Van Booy puts inspiration and the writer’s realm of possibility into perspective.
“I’d like us not to be resigned but to be rebellious—I want to see science fiction step over the old walls and head right into the next wall and start to break it down too.” Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a crowdfunded documentary directed by Arwen Curry, who was able to collaborate with the late author before her death. The film features interviews with Le Guin, as well as authors including Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, and Theodora Goss.
Zora Neale Hurston’s influence; academics oppose media treatment of Junot Díaz; Best Translated Book Awards finalists; and other news.
Elle Fanning stars as the titular character in Mary Shelley, a biopic focusing on Shelley’s relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley, which inspired her to write the novel Frankenstein. Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and written by Emma Jensen, the feature film also stars Douglas Booth, Ben Hardy, Bel Powley, Tom Sturridge, and Maisie Williams.
Indie bookstores for people of color; Short Story Month; Michael Ondaatje on his new novel; and other news.
Annie Proulx wins LOC Prize for Fiction; black women who are changing the romance novel industry; stage play of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 streams online; and other news.
Rita Dove named new poetry editor of New York Times Magazine; Amazon launches children’s book subscription service; Sandra Cisneros on femininity and truth; and other news.
Guillermo del Toro to adapt Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; new contract clauses in response to #MeToo; an interview with Chimananda Ngozi Adichie; and other news.