Genre: Not Genre-Specific

11.1.09

With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Jarvis Jay Masters's That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row and Laura van den Berg's What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.

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Small Press Points

Staff

independent/small presses | Small Press Points

11.1.09

Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features BlazeVOX Books in Buffalo.

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Literary MagNet

Staff

11.1.09

Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue's MagNet features the Melancholy Dane, Isotope, Our Stories, Puerto del Sol, the Collagist, Alimentum, Crab Creek Review, and Forklift, Ohio.

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literary magazines | online magazines | Literary MagNet

The Written Image: Mark Twain's Book of Animals

Staff

11.1.09

A look at engravings by Barry Moser that appear in the collection Mark Twain's Book of Animals, published last month by the University of California Press and featuring stories by Twain that have never before appeared in print.

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The Written Image

Q&A: Shenoda Fosters CalArts Diversity

Rochelle Spencer

MFA programs | News and Trends Q&A

11.1.09

Matthew Shenoda speaks about his new role as the Assistant Provost for Equity and Diversity at California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia, part of an institute-wide initiative to promote intercultural awareness and develop support mechanisms for students from varying ethnic backgrounds.

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JFK Library Acquires Hemingway Papers, Authors Make Forbes “Dead Celebs” List, and More

Adrian Versteegh

10.30.09

Eggers’s Katrina tale will become a cartoon; China’s official state newspaper has accused Google of censorship; Emily Dickinson’s house has been closed after ceiling worries; Lord Byron’s unpublished letters have set an auction record; and other news.

Macmillan Cuts E-book Royalties, Munro Reveals Cancer Fight, and More

Adrian Versteegh

10.29.09

Authors and editors took part in a spelling-bee this week to raise money for the CLMP; Britain’s independent bookstores may be doing better than reported, but some are concerned about the threat posed by new business taxes; echoing Amazon, B&N has declared its e-reader a best-seller, too; and other news.

Rubin to Lead Henry Holt, Walt Whitman Sells Jeans, and More

Adrian Versteegh

10.28.09

A literary scavenger hunt is underway in the Twin Cities; a French minister wants the EU to formulate a collective response to Google and its ilk; “Twitterfiction” is winning fans and detractors; Augusten Burroughs has more TV adaptations in the works; and other news.

Foldable E-readers Expected Next, Bad Fiction Contest Wraps Up, and More

Adrian Versteegh

10.27.09

One small press is winning praise while another is giving books away; Asus is looking to undercut competitors with a budget e-reader; Aussie publishers are planning their own e-book distribution system; Pennsylvania libraries are still suffering; Portland’s biggest daily is getting a new publisher; and other news.

Google Critics Seek Greater Leeway, Amazon Is Its Own Best-Seller, and More

Adrian Versteegh