Bloomsday, Book Dominos, and More
Juan Felipe Herrera interviewed; self-loathing and creativity; contempt for contemporary poetry; and other news.
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Privilege and Publishing, Magna Carta Turns Eight Hundred, and More
New Indian women’s writing anthology; Harper Lee’s letters fail to sell at auction; Jonathan Franzen on his forthcoming novel; and other news.
Yeats Day, Philip Levine Exhibit, and More
Jenny Diski faces cancer with prose; writersofcolor.org launched; Anne Roiphe on her fifty-year writing career; and other news.
European Commission Investigates Amazon’s E-Book Business, Librarian of Congress to Retire, and More
Cervantes receives formal burial; Lawrence Ferlinghetti continues to publish at age ninety-six; the rise of the “writers space”; and other news.
Juan Felipe Herrera Named U.S. Poet Laureate, Saul Bellow Centennial, and More
Ferguson Library named Library of the Year; the positive effects of reading; Fifty Shades book stolen a week before publication; and other news.
Cuban Writing Project, Adult Literacy XPRIZE, and More
Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation; in the shadow of the author; the Typewriter Project; and other news.
Marathon Performance of The Iliad, Poetry for Robots, and More
Poets House Brooklyn Bridge walk; the audacity of prose; BEA’s spotlight on China; and other news.
The Year of Publishing Women, Lorca’s Birthday, and More
J. D. Salinger estate fights copyright suit; Knausgaard interviewed on Charlie Rose; book reviewing has gone from “bloodbath” to “featherbed”; and other news.
Harper Lee’s Letters Go to Auction, Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate, and More
Stephen King’s literary loves; John Berryman’s tragicomic Dream Songs; Juliette Binoche to star in Pearl S. Buck biopic; and other news.
Ursula K. Le Guin Vs. Amazon, Booklandia, and More
Windham-Campbell and Yale launch book series; Bangladeshi blogger flees to U.S.; Melville House partners with Rough Trade NYC; and other news.
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