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Authors reflect on the #BlackLivesMatter movement; Elizabeth Alexander on writing through grief; writers respond to works at Storylines Guggenheim exhibit; and other news.
Mary Norris, New Yorker copy editor and author of Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Norton, 2015), talks about commas in this episode of a new video series from the New Yorker.
England marks thirtieth anniversary of Philip Larkin’s death; Lidia Yuknavitch on storytelling and violence; Astrid Lindgren’s WWII diaries to be released in U.S. next year; and other news.
Finding meaning in the nonsensical; a farewell to a speakeasy bookstore; George Braziller’s memoir-in-vignettes; and other news.
Bill Clegg on being an agent and an author; Ursula K. LeGuin shares her current literary preferences; author-hosted podcasts for your morning commute; and other news.
Fred Moten interviewed; Shirley Jackson on fan mail; Jonathan Franzen’s ideological critique; and other news.
New software streamlines authors’ e-mail archives; Mad Men book props up for auction; debut authors in conversation; and other news.
An introverted writer’s lament; Alan Cheuse has died; Charlie Hebdo’s sudden extreme wealth; and other news.
A “gritty” TV adaptation of Little Women; a map of literary road trips; Michigan bookstore refunds purchases of Go Set a Watchman; and other news.
NYC Dept. of Education to sign $30 million Amazon e-book deal; poet Richard Blanco on visiting Cuba; boy receives hundreds of book donations after Facebook message goes viral; and other news.
