Grolier, Oldest Continuously Run Poetry Bookstore in the U.S., Sold
The Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the oldest continuously run poetry bookstore in the United States, was recently sold by owner Louisa Solano.
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They Can't Go On, They'll Go On: Events Mark the Centennial of Samuel Beckett's Birth
During the next several months, a number of festivals, exhibitions, and publications will mark the centennial of Samuel Beckett’s birth. Beckett, the poet, novelist, and playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, was born in Dublin on April 13, 1906.
Chernow Succeeds Rushdie as President of PEN American Center
The PEN American Center recently named biographer Ron Chernow as its
new president. He succeeds novelist Salman Rushdie, who served a
two-year term. Chernow, who joined PEN in 1990, won the National Book
Award for his biography of J.P. Morgan, The House of Morgan (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990). His biographies Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Random House, 1998) and Alexander Hamilton (Penguin, 2004) were both nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Kosotova's The Historian Named Book Sense Book of the Year
The Historian (Little, Brown) by Elizabeth Kostova was recently
named a Book Sense Book of the Year in the adult fiction category. The
annual award, sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, is
given for the book that independent bookstore owners and their staff
most enjoyed selling in the previous year. The award is also given in
the categories of adult nonfiction, children’s literature, and
children’s illustrated.
Margaret Atwood Unveils Mechanical Device for Long-distance Book Signings
At this year’s London Book Fair, which was held in early March, novelist Margaret Atwood introduced the LongPen, a device she designed that allows authors to sign books for readers who are hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
Margaret Atwood's Invention Moves Into A few Bookstores
Margaret Atwood's invention, the LongPen, which the author unveiled at last year's London Book Fair, will be used at a record store and several bookstores in the United States, Canada, and England, the London Free Press reported today.
World Trade Center Building to Feature Poetry in Lobby
The first building to be rebuilt at Ground Zero, 7 World Trade Center,
will feature a scrolling display of poetry and other texts in its
lobby. The words of poets Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsberg, Langston
Hughes, and Walt Whitman have been chosen for the display, and others
may be added in the future. The piece was collaboratively designed by
the artist Jenny Holzer and Klara Silverstein, the wife of World Trade
Center developer Larry Silverstein.
$50,000 Award Goes to Rita Dove
Poet Rita Dove was recently named the winner of the $50,000 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for Literature.
Winners of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards Announced
Barnes & Noble, Inc. recently announced the winners of the 2005 Discover Great New Writers Awards. Uzodinma Iweala won in fiction for his novel Beasts of No Nation (HarperCollins) and Nathaniel Fick won in nonfiction for his memoir One Bullet Away (Houghton Mifflin).
Cabin Fever: My Own Private Walden Pond
From Thoreau to Arthur Miller for centuries writers have been escaping to personal cabins—some even hand built by the writers themselves—for the solitude necessary to slip inward.
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