Jump to navigation Skip to content
A textbook author rewrites Civil War history, incorrectly; author Jon Meacham becomes an editor at Random House; book collecting as a long-term financial strategy; Blurb's pop-up store in New York City; and other news.
Matthew Stadler, cofounder of Publication Studio, one of the innovative presses featured in the new issue, gave this talk at Richard Hugo House's first writers conference, on May 22, 2010. The theme of the event was "Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century."
A new exhibit in Chicago on the origins of written language; global Literary Death Match; Mumbai University drops a book from its curriculum after threats from extremists; Mark Twain's autobiography hits number one on Amazon's bestseller list; and other news.
Contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin profiles indie innovator Dzanc Books, which in four short years has gone from a start-up to a publisher with five imprints, three literary magazines, and a list of over fifty titles.
Delivering books by Dobbin in New Zealand; HTML Giant's new Literary Magazine Club; Editor & Publisher replaces its editorial staff; the Georgetown library reopens after being destroyed by a fire; and other news.
Meet the "mine poet"; Charles Olson turns one hundred; Stieg Larsson trained guerilla soldiers in Africa; the aftermath of the National Book Award announcement; a new Vargas Llosa novel is forthcoming; and other news.
Philip Roth recently granted a relatively rare interview to CBS on the occasion of the publication earlier this month of Nemesis, his thirty-first book.
When is the best time in your career to look for representation, and when should you call off an author-agent relationship? Terra Chalberg, whose clients include Lori Ostlund and Glenn Taylor, tackles these questions and more.
VQR's Ted Genoways breaks his silence; Simon Armitage wins the Keats-Shelley Prize; the art of literary revenge; Vintage Classics makes 3D book jackets; and other news.
Indonesia strikes down its book-banning law; streaming The Novel: Live from Seattle's Richard Hugo House; a rare first edition of 1984 is found in a charity bin; a National Digital Library is proposed in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson; and other news.
