Books by Refugees in America, Writers Plan to Lobby at AWP, and More
Women’s Prize for Fiction seeks new sponsor; Roxane Gay’s ABA conference keynote; Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s return to fiction; and other news.
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Novelist Porochista Khakpour on Immigration Ban, Poetry in Protest, and More
Zelda Fitzgerald on screen; non-love poetry in translation; National Magazine Awards omits fiction category; and other news.
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Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Publisher, Solange Buys Books for Fans, and More
Poet Susan Howe wins lifetime achievement award; what funding cuts to the NEA and NEH means for writers; Latinx writers on the lack of Latinx faculty at retreats; and other news.
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Orwell’s 1984 Hits Amazon’s Best-Seller List, Writers on Activism, and More
Ron Padgett on the poems he wrote for the film Paterson; Philip Roth on the similarities between the current presidency and one of his novels; writers on Burns Night; and other news.
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Istanbul Bookshop Creates Haven for Young Syrians, Writing Through Shock, and More
“Dutch classic” 1947 novel translated into English for the first time; American Library Association announces winners of its Youth Media Awards; novelist Anuk Arudpragasam on articulating inner life; and other news.
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Rita Dove on Inaugural Poets, the Future of American Literature, and More
Man Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty on Trump’s inauguration; Doubleday to publish Mark Twain fairytale; the modernization and politicization of Jane Austen; and other news.
Yaa Gyasi on Activism, the Racial Imaginary Institute, and More
Neil Gaiman writes television adaptation of Good Omens; forty-five queer feminist books to read now; the history of inaugural poets; and other news.
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George Saunders’s Star-Studded Audiobook, Writers on Money, and More
Elizabeth Alexander on her experience as an inaugural poet; writing prompts inspired by famous authors; a literary guide to the Sundance Film Festival; and other news.
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Obama’s Love of Literature, a Hundred-Year-Old Debut Poet, and More
Congressman John Lewis’s books sell out on Amazon following feud with Trump; more than ninety Writers Resist events held over the weekend; Margaret Atwood receives National Book Critics Circle lifetime achievement award; and other news.
Marlon James’s Fantasy Trilogy, Write in Mark Twain’s Library, and More
John Yau on John Ashbery’s collage work; the novel in the age of Obama; on translating The Epic of Gilgamesh; and other news.
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