No Slush Piles: Notes From A Literary Journal Editor
The editor of the Georgia Review calls to retire a long-used publishing term, contending that unsolicited submissions are so much more than just “slush.”
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The Written Image: The African Svelte
Writer and editor Daniel Menaker compiles over one hundred amusing verbal blunders in his new book, The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016), illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.
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Larry Wilmore to Host National Book Awards, Prepper Fiction, and More
New York Review Books reissues Henry Green’s novels; Vietnam authorities arrest writer for criticizing government; Spanish poet Luis Alberto de Cuenca on blending high and popular culture in his work; and other news.
Poetic Pilgrimages, Nobel Prize Betting Breakdown, and More
Funny books recommended by funny writers; mislabeling story collections as novels; poetry and the urban experience; and other news.
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How the Internet Helps Indies, Twitter Essays, and More
National Book Award finalists announced; on women writers’ privacy and author photos; Junot Díaz on the role of the humanities; and other news.
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American Writers Museum Names President, Anne Sexton’s Letters, and More
October book recommendations; National Book Award winner Phil Klay’s open letter to Donald Trump; how novelists write about climate change; and other news.
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Free Books for Life, Singapore’s Multilingual Literature, and More
A reader’s guide to the fall’s big literary awards; The Women of Brewster Place novelist Gloria Naylor has died; London theater will present the first stage adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels; and other news.
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Elena Ferrante Identity Controversy, Paterson Trailer Released, and More
Art forgery fiction; Arundhati Roy to publish second novel after twenty years; U.K. releases Agatha Christie stamps; and other news.
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Reading Other Women, Sound and Syntax, and More
PEN appoints Saeed Jones and Hanya Yanagihara to its board of trustees; Mary Karr on memoir and the faults of memory; on the success of Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train; and other news.
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Seamus Heaney Center Opens to Public, Trayvon Martin’s Parents to Publish Memoir, and More
President Obama proclaims October as National Arts and Humanities Month; National Book Foundation announces 5 Under 35 honorees; Hollywood’s “most sought-after word nerds”; and other news.
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