Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit and Such Color: New and Selected Poems by Tracy K. Smith.
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Lucia Berlin: My Mentor in Being an Outsider
The author reflects on finding a mentor in fellow literary outsider Lucia Berlin, long before Berlin’s fame.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
Three new anthologies, including The FSG Poetry Anthology.
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A Writer’s Garden of Sound
Curious about the pleasures and sounds of nonliterary language, author Rita Bullwinkel has created Oral Florist, an online sound library in which artists and writers read recipes, user manuals, and other encountered texts.
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Sonia Sanchez Earns Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, Bridge From Winnie the Pooh Sold at Auction, and More
Literary nonprofit Slice to close down; Casey Plett reflects on the appeal of writing story collections; Amitava Kumar makes the case for including visual elements in literary books; and other stories.
Announcing Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Asian American Writers’ Workshop Celebrates Thirty Years, and More
Longtime literary agent Philip Spitzer has died; Pyae Moe Thet War writes about the many stages of writing a book; Elizabeth Bruenig weighs in on “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?”; and other stories.
The Kidney Letter Dispute, Alex Shephard’s Annual Nobel Prize Predictions, and More
Publishers Weekly recaps the Brooklyn Book Festival; the New York Public Library will no longer charge late fees; Jocelyn Nicole Johnson shares her path to writing; and other stories.
Shortlists for This Year’s National Book Awards, Betting on the Nobel, and More
Larissa Pham reviews Afterparties by the late Anthony Veasna So; Beth Gilstrap searches for beauty and hope on and off the page; new prize seeks to support diverse independent publishers; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Eugene Lim
“I wanted to articulate and be honest to the emotion of grief.” —Eugene Lim, author of Search History
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The Book Industry Faces Supply Chain Challenges, the Limits of Serialized Fiction, and More
Merve Emre interviews Jonathan Franzen for Vulture; memoirist and musician Michelle Zauner discusses claiming her Koreanness; Myriam J. A Chancy celebrates fellow Caribbean writers; and other stories.
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