Video Games Redefine the Classics
In a growing trend, video games simulate the experience of being inside classic works of literature, from Thoreau’s Walden to Joyce’s Ulysses.
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We Mean Business: Twelve Agents Who Want to Read Your Work
Literary agents offer honest, unfiltered advice on how to find, approach, and secure the perfect agent for your work.
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Bookbinders at Work
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In this video from Preguiça Magazine in Portugal, watch Armando Costa and Florindo Simões go about the process of professionally binding a book by hand.
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Patricia Lockwood’s Hart and Hind: An Answer Song
Novelist and singer-songwriter Ben Arthur finds inspiration in a chapter of poet Patricia Lockwood’s memoir, Priestdaddy.
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Obamas Unveil Presidential Library Plans, Best Translated Book Awards, and More
Three new story collections by immigrant writers; new anthology of West Virginia writers; Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians television series; and other news.
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Inside Indie Bookstores: The Complete Series
Inside Indie Bookstores, a series of interviews with the entrepreneurs who represent the last link in the chain that connects writers with their intended audience, ran in all six issues of 2010.
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Craft Capsule: Left Brain, Right Brain
Poets and writers share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: Gregory Orr’s “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry.”
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Poetry of Exile, a Literary Guide to the Cannes Film Festival, and More
Picador editor on supporting overlooked voices; new e-book project explores digital ownership; Margaret Atwood’s additions to The Handmaid’s Tale audiobook; and other news.
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Seven-Year-old Syrian Refugee to Write Memoir, James Baldwin’s Archive, and More
Anonymous writer leads campaign to restore the Mosul University Library in Iraq; new book celebrates the Library of Congress card catalogue; unpublished Sylvia Plath letters reveal domestic abuse; and other news.
The Poetry Project at Fifty, New York Times’ New Book Advice Column, and More
This year’s top ten frequently challenged books; unique Little Free Libraries; fast-growing independent publishers; and other news.
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