Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
This installment of Page One features excerpts from The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian and American Genius: A Comedy by Lynne Tillman.
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University of Minnesota Acquires Robert Bly Archive for $775,000
The papers of poet Robert Bly were purchased earlier this month by the University of Minnesota Libraries for $775,000.
New Directions Celebrates Seventy Years of Publishing
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of New Directions, the independent press founded by the late James Laughlin. To celebrate, the press will hold two events in New York City this fall—a private party in November at the used bookstore Housing Works and a public gathering at the New School on December 5.
Observer Repeats New York Times Survey and Names Disgrace Best Work of Fiction
Nearly five months after New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus surveyed several hundred writers, critics, and editors to name the best work of American fiction published in the last twenty-five years (Toni Morrison’s Beloved)...
New Esquire Fiction Editor Promises More Short Stories
The monthly men’s magazine Esquire announced last week that its newly hired fiction editor, Tom Chiarella, will publish twice as many original stories next year as were published in 2006.
Amazon, Penguin, Publishers Weekly, and Readers to Judge Novel Contest
Amazon.com recently launched the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, which will allow the public to weigh in on the selection process. The winning author will receive a $25,000 advance and publication by Penguin.
Penguin and Amazon Form Online Classics Reading Group
Penguin and Amazon.com recently partnered to create the Penguin Classics Reading Group, a regular online discussion of titles in the paperback line of Penguin Classics.
New Arts Organization tto Award $50,000 Individual Fellowships
A new charitable arts organization called United States Artists (USA) announced last month that it will award annual grants of fifty thousand dollars each to fifty artists from around the country, including poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
Fire at Folger Shakespeare Library Extinguished Without Harm to Rare Books
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington reported yesterday that a fire broke out in a costume storage area on the third floor above the Folger Theatre on Monday morning. The fire, which was discovered by an electrician at approximately 9:30 AM, was safely contained and extinguished.
Graduate Student Rediscovers Robert Frost Poem From 1918
On October 2 the Virginia Quarterly Review published a previously unknown poem by Robert Frost.
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