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Critic David Ulin has a look at the just published first novel of Jack Kerouac; Roxane Gay discusses race, and the killing of Trayvon Martin; Steve Almond imagines it may not be a coincidence that psychotherapy is waning while writing programs are booming; and other news.
RosettaBooks today released the Kindle Single Basic Training, a previously unpublished novella by Kurt Vonnegut; Agent Jonny Geller offers a manifesto for the evolving book world; Author Elissa Schappell profiles the debut book of poetry by Rebecca Lindenberg, Love, an Index; and other news.
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg explains how she's the poet laureate both of Kansas and of limbo; in response to a school ban of ethnic studies, writers and activists delivered an "underground library" to Arizona; federal authorities intercepted eleven pounds of marijuana in transit to St. Martin's Press; and other news.
Judith Tebbutt, the wife of slain Faber & Faber executive David Tebbutt, was released after seven months held captive in Somalia; Joan Didion has canceled an upcoming appearance in California due to a fractured knee; Francine Prose on the making of Edith Wharton, and more.
In three days following the recent release of the newest iPad, Apple sold three million units; novelist Geoff Dyer looks for the literary establishment; analyzing sales data, a business professor contends Oprah's Book Club may have caused industry-wide sales to drop; and other news.
On his writers tour of Portland, Maine, award-winning author Ron Currie Jr. sets out to "dispel the persistent notion that Maine is intellectually DOA" by showcasing the city's thriving literary scene.
This American Life retracted its popular episode featuring an excerpt from Mike Daisey's one-man show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs; new brain imaging studies indicate the human mind reacts to fictional characters similar to real-life encounters; Laura Miller reveals how the Hunger Games franchise was launched; and other news.
GalleyCat features a helpful writing tool Kurt Vonnegut used; the famed Strand bookstore in New York City is in the midst of a labor dispute with its employees; an Italian human rights group insists Dante's Divine Comedy is offensive and should be removed from schools; and other news.
Matthew Yglesias discusses the Justice Department's planned antitrust lawsuit concerning the price of e-books; Barry Eisler comes to Amazon's defense; A writer, Everette Hallford, is suing Fox, claiming the new television series Touch is based on his novel Visionary; and other news.
After over two centuries, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer be printed; the Wall Street Journal reports that e-readers are fueling a boom in sales of erotic novels; critic Dwight Garner looks at the life and poetry of Jack Gilbert; and other news.
