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.
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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.
Black Artists for Freedom, Indie Publishers Under the Pandemic, and More
Alicia A. Wallace finds a blueprint for liberation in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower; Colson Whitehead reflects on politics and the pandemic; the winners of the Trillium Book Awards were announced; and other stories.
Racial Inequality in British Publishing, Graywolf Press Supports Local Community, and More
The Justice Department attempts to block the publication of John Bolton’s memoir; We Need Diverse Books and Penguin Random House announce scholarship winners; Brandon Taylor reflects on anxiety in the present era; and other stories.
Racial Inequity in Publishing, Ismail Muhammad on Mourning Through Music, and More
The Guardian reports on the #BlackoutBestsellerList campaign; Michael Roberts appointed interim executive director at the Center for Fiction; Vogue profiles Tayari Jones; and other stories.
Lauren Russell and Megan Milks
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“I acquired a copy of my great-great-grandfather’s diaries in 2013,” says Lauren Russell about the inspiration for her new book, Descent (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2020), at an event with author Megan Milks for Brown University’s Authors in the Archives series in 2019. Descent is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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The Fine Arts Work Center Responds to Call to Action, CLMP Firecracker Awards Finalists, and More
Dali Adekunle criticizes the dehumanization of essential workers; Genevieve Hudson shares their coming out story; Fitzcarraldo Editions celebrates six years in business; and other stories.
Poem-a-Day Will Highlight Black Writers, Resignations Continue at National Book Critics Circle, and More
Amistad Press launches #BlackoutBestsellerList campaign; Brit Bennett discusses publishing a book during a time of protests and pandemic; Camille Dungy reflects on beauty and suffering; and other stories.
Poetry Foundation Publishes Letter of Commitment, Resignations at National Book Critics Circle, and More
Noreen Tomassi retires from the Center for Fiction; poet Roger Robinson on poetry and activism; Jean Kyoung Frazier talks fantasy and slackers; and other stories.
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