James Baldwin's FBI File, Drama at the Hugo Awards, and More
Sesame Street's Maria publishes a memoir; Ishiguro's archive acquired by the University of Texas; authors and their writing spaces; and other news.
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American Women Masters of the Short Story, the Pavement Bookworm, and More
McDonald’s “Happy Readers” campaign angers healthy eating group; former U.S. poet laureate William Jay Smith has died; a literary field guide to New Jersey; and other news.
MFA Nation 2016: A Compendium of Graduate Programs in Creative Writing
Start your MFA research with this comprehensive guide to more than 170 full- and low-residency programs in creative writing, expanded and updated for 2016. Each listing includes detailed information such as core faculty, special features, funding, tuition, application fees, and deadlines. The free PDF also includes a regional index, a cost-of-living comparision, and a handy Application Tracker to keep track of your applications.
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U. Akron Press Back in Business, Elton John Protests Venice Book Ban, and More
Academy of American Poets to launch “Teach This Poem” service; Jane Austen is the subject of a new romantic comedy; an interview with critic and New Yorker writer James Wood; and other news.
Searching Indie Bookstore Shelves
Supporting local bookstores may have just gotten a little easier. A new digital tool called CityShelf allows users to search the shelves of independent bookstores in select cities throughout the country from their mobile devices.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Jonathan Franzen’s Purity and Salman Rushdie’s Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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Bridging the Student-Mentor Gap
The Bridge, an online forum launched by the literary nonprofit Brooklyn Poets, fosters connections between emerging and established writers, and provides a student-mentor alternative to the traditional MFA program.
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Hong Kong MFA Program Closes
Last month, the City University of Hong Kong’s highly respected MFA writing program abruptly shut down. Joanna Scutts investigates the program’s sudden closure, which has prompted protests and political speculations from students and faculty around the world.
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Small Press Points: Bleeding Heart Publications
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the Bangkok, Thailand–based Bleeding Heart Publications. Established last year by Scottish ex-pat Gordon Ross and U.S. writer Cali Dawson, the press is committed to publishing fiction and nonfiction from English-language writers from all over the world.
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The Written Image: The End of the Tour
Iconic author David Foster Wallace is the subject of the recently released film The End of the Tour, in which actor Jason Segel stars as Wallace. The film is an adaptation of David Lipsky’s Of Course You End up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace, which chronicles Lipsky and Wallace’s 1996 road trip during Wallace’s promotional tour for Infinite Jest.
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