The Grim Reader
The National Endowment for the Arts releases To Read or Not to Read—a follow-up to the nonprofit's 2004 report, Reading at Risk—which further expounds on America's declining reading habits.
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Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Editor Pat Strachan
With nearly four decades of editing experience, publishing veteran Pat Strachan reveals the qualities she looks for in fiction, her approach to editing, and how writers can help themselves navigate the industry.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One features a sample of titles we think you'll want to explore. With this installment, we offer excerpts from New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland and The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips.
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Pinsky's Choice: Former Poet Laureate Bids Farewell to Poet's Choice
In last Sunday's edition of the Washington Post Book World, Robert Pinsky signed off as writer of the nationally syndicated Poet's Choice column after a three-year run. According to Book World editor Marie Arana, poet and memoirist Mary Karr, whose most recent poetry collection is Sinners Welcome (HarperCollins, 2006), will take over the column this Sunday.
Twelfth Annual Small Press Month Kicks Off in March
The twelfth annual Small Press Month, celebrated by a series of nationwide literary happenings throughout the month of March, kicks off on March 6 with events in New York City (Bowery Poetry Club), Milwaukee (Woodland Pattern Book Center), and San Francisco (City Lights).
Former Houghton Mifflin Publisher Now Nan A. Talese Editor
After Janet Silver was ousted as publisher of Houghton Mifflin's adult
trade division last month, it was unclear where the
fifty-three-year-old who had worked with the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri and
Philip Roth would end up. All that was known was that Becky Saletan
replaced Silver when she was named publisher of Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Adult Trade Books, a unit that was created when Houghton
Mifflin merged with Harcourt last summer.
John Sterling Steps Down as President of Holt
John Sterling is stepping down as president and publisher of Henry
Holt after nine years in the position, and will become executive vice
president and editor-at-large at Macmillan, Holt's parent company.
Sterling leaves the helm after a record-breaking year for Holt in terms of sales, profits, and bestsellers.
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