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Chinese activist Zhu Yufu is facing a prison sentence for a poem he circulated on the Internet; Melville House ponders if James Franco's forthcoming novel will be a bestseller; eighteen days before Charles Bukowski died, he faxed a poem to his publisher; and other news.
Jonathan Galassi's new book, Left-handed, tells the story of a married man in mid-life who discovers he's gay; novelist Justin Torres and his mom, Theresa, recall their versions of a crisis that happened when Justin was a teenager; publishing industry veteran Jane Friedman explains how to get your book published; and other news.
Tess Gallagher, Raymond Carver's widow, has filed a lawsuit against Skyhorse Publishing over Carver Country: The World of Raymond Carver; Radhika Jones explains why she loves reading Charles Dickens; Susan Orlean discusses her love of Faulkner; and other news.
Business Week focuses on the work of Larry Kirshbaum, the book-industry veteran hired last May to head Amazon Publishing; the Millions examines copyright and the future of intellectual property; Paris Review Daily reveals the odd and interwoven events surrounding the publication of Jack Green's Fire the Bastards!; and other news.
Executive director Tree Swenson will leave the the Academy of American Poets; Alexander Nazaryan explains why Vladimir Putin's recent literary proposal is an assault on freedom; author Luc Sante writes of his first encounter with the work of Patti Smith; and other news.
The Center for Fiction is hosting a marathon reading of The House of Mirth on January 26th to celebrate the birthday of Edith Wharton; Academy Award nominations have been announced, with film adaptations of Katheryn Stockett's The Help and Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close contending for an Oscar; Condé Nast Traveler showcases the literary landmarks of Brooklyn, New York; and other news.
Poet Donald Hall writes about aging in his family's long-time New Hampshire farmhouse; the New York Times unravels a scandal at the venerable National Arts Club; writer Emma Straub lists three "rich and snooty" novels to supplement your viewing of Downton Abbey; and other news.
Salman Rushdie will not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival in India due to death threats; the Wall Street Journal examines the new business of enhanced e-books; Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk offers thirteen tips for writers, and other news.
Today, Apple launched iBooks Author, which enable authors to create and publish e-books; Whiting Writers' Award-winner Teddy Wayne answers Jennifer Weiner's accusation of gender bias in book reviews; novelist Jessica Francis Kane discusses the particularities of writing with small children at home; and other news.
The Academy of American Poets announced that poets Toi Derricotte, Jane Hirshfield, and Arthur Sze have been elected to its Board of Chancellors; novelist Jennifer Weiner compared the frequency of male and female authors reviewed by the New York Times in 2011; J.D. Salinger biographer Kenneth Slawenski ponders what the reclusive author was writing; and other news.
