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Professor debunks claims that she is Elena Ferrante; new world literacy ranking places Finland as most literate nation; a trip to Amazon’s bookstore; and other news.
Harper Lee’s will to be kept private; Maggie Nelson interviewed; North Korean story collection smuggled out of country to be published in English; and other news.
VIDA staff shares the books that changed their lives; Amazon plans to open San Diego bookstore; Morgan Jerkins on black women writers’ diaries; and other news.
Jane Eyre and the invention of the self; a singer’s homage to poet Anna Akhmatova; Ann Beattie on David Markson; and other news.
World Book Day; author Ethan Canin on creating emotional endings; recommended writers’ journals; and other news.
Emory University opens Seamus Heaney letters archive to public; rewriting adoption stories; Valley of the Dolls at fifty; and other news.
Missing Hong Kong booksellers speak on Chinese television; on interviewing Umberto Eco; a writer visits James Baldwin’s home; and other news.
"Strong women leave legacies. The legacy is simply, if she could do it, I could do it." Independent Lens, a weekly showcase of independent documentary film on PBS, celebrates Women’s History Month with a collage of documentary films about women featuring writers Trina Robbins and Gloria Steinem.
Amazon best-seller scam; on the nonfiction of Henry James; bookish Oscars; and other news.
Edwidge Danticat on James Baldwin; most-read women writers in college classes; #4000blackgirlbooks; and other news.
