Introducing the Teachable Lit Mag
The new Lit Mag Adoption Program is designed to introduce journals into creative writing course curricula and engage student writers as readers and members of a national literary community.
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Fictional Mad Men Character to Publish Real Memoir, Never-Ending E-books, and More
A fictional TV character publishes a real world memoir; most college students still prefer print books over e-books; Melville House pulls out of the Best Translated Book awards; the Telegraph sponsor's Britain's Hay Festival; and other news.
Anne Rice's Library at Powell's Books, a Halloween Graveyard Tour, and More
Powell's Books has acquired Anne Rice's personal library; Flavorwire celebrates Halloween with a horror writer graveyard tour; ghostwriting for Keith Richards; a Maine used-book store owner gets in trouble with a political ethics committee; and other news.
Arundhati Roy Faces Arrest for Kashmir Remarks, Drunken Book Buying, and More
Arundhati Roy may face sedition charges in India; Barnes & Noble unveils the Nook Color; the Schomburg Center in New York City acquires Maya Angelou's papers; the Jane Austen Conference in Portland, Oregon; and other news.
Wes Anderson's Undergrad Fiction, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, and More
Franzen meets the president; Texas bills Amazon for $269 million; Barnes & Noble may unveil a full-color Nook today; Sherman Alexie gets selected for One Book, One Philadelphia, twice; and other news.
Paris Review Interview Archive Online, Electric Literature Book App, and More
Loaning books on a Kindle; the Paris Review interviews are all available online; Electric Literature launches a book app service; Steinbeck's son loses literary estate court battle; and other news.
Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe
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A short film by Tucker Capps, inspired by One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe, edited by Molly McQuade and published by Sarabande Books this month.
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Dead Sea Scrolls Free Online, Turn Your Handwriting Into a Font, and More
Turn your handwriting into a font; Salman Rushdie signs a multimillion dollar memoir deal with Random House; the Dead Sea Scrolls will soon be available for free online; Amazon underwrites the Best Translated Book Awards; and other news.
VQR Audit Released, Finds No Bullying; Rewriting the Civil War, and More
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.
What Is Publication?
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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."
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