Craft Capsule: Minor Characters
The author of The Prettiest Star celebrates the magic of minor characters.
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Don Share to Step Aside at Poetry, New York City Literary Action Coalition Advocates for 2021 Funding, and More
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation announced the winners of its higher education scholarships; writers recommend texts on race and racism in America; Shelf Awareness turns fifteen; and other stories.
Literary Festivals Go Virtual
With the spread of COVID-19, organizers of literary events across the United States have devised creative ways to move programming online and build community among writers.
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A Letter From a Black Woman in Publishing on the Industry’s Cruel, Hypocritical Insistence That Words Matter
A message to self-proclaimed allies: Actions speak louder than words.
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Raquel Willis on Revolutionary Energy, Layoffs at Barnes & Noble, and More
Carter Sickels on finding a model for queer masculinity in The Outsiders; Emily Bernard reflects on raising her daughters amid ongoing anti-Black violence; Melissa Faliveno examines gender identity language; and other stories.
Publishing Professionals at Home, Jamel Brinkley Joins the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and More
Masatsugu Ono discusses translation and foreignness; the Poetry Society of America announces award winners; four writers celebrate Black queer narratives; and other stories.
Secrets Hidden in the Stacks
The Book Traces project at the University of Virginia documents annotations, marks, and objects found in library books, creating a record of readers’ engagement with the book as a physical object.
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Writers Against Racial Injustice, Black-Owned Bookstores Rush to Meet Demand, and More
James Parker on the redemptive power of Seamus Heaney’s work; NPR opens its summer reading poll; Sharlene Teo offers writing advice; and other stories.
PEN to Paper: Ananda Naima González
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“I’m also asking you to unleash the cry of the subconscious, and to listen and record that voice from within without fear or judgment. Listening to yourself in that way is actually a radical act of self-love.” Ananda Naima González leads an exercise in asemic writing for PEN to Paper, a video series of original writing exercises from authors participating in PEN America’s 2020 Digital World Voices Festival: These Truths.
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Macmillan Establishes New Management Committee, Diversity in British Publishing, and More
The remaining board members at the National Book Critics Circle identify next steps; Aracelis Girmay reflects on talking about whiteness and police brutality to children; James Bradley considers confronting ecological loss through fiction; and other stories.
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