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In a fight against the controversial Arizona House Bill 2281, which effectively bans ethnic-studies classes and curricula, novelist Tony Diaz and other members of the Texas-based arts advocacy group Nuestra Palabra have formed a network of writers and supporters to raise awareness about the impact of the bill and to counter its effects with initiatives such as “banned book bashes” and the building of underground libraries.
Fiction writer Jami Attenberg shares her experience using social-media platform Tumblr and offers advice to authors who want to get started themselves.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp confirmed rumors of its plans to divide its broadcast and publishing operations; Argentinian publisher Eterna Cadencia has published a book using disappearing ink; Starlee Kine investigates the surprising origins of a popular television commercial and discovers its roots in literary fiction; and other news.
The author of the debut novel The Dog Stars, forthcoming in August from Knopf, talks about Graham Greene's practice of writing exactly five hundred words a day, every day, and the importance of momentum in the writing process.
Google unveiled its entry into the tablet market; GalleyCat details five ways authors can promote their books; author Jennifer Weiner has donned Jeffrey Eugenides's famous vest to advertise her new book; and other news.
Natalie Bakopoulos, who was interviewed by Charles Baxter for this issue's roundup of debut fiction writers, talks about her Greek roots and her first novel, The Green Shore, published by Simon & Schuster this month.
Nora Ephron, author of the best-selling novel, Heartburn, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, passed away yesterday in New York City; a consortium of California library systems is working out an agreement with self-publishing platform Smashwords; Bloomberg reports Google will unveil a tablet device at its developers conference in San Francisco; and other news.
We thought we'd inject a little energy into our Wednesday with this music video by Julian Smith. Don't you ever interrupt me when I'm reading a book!
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is considering dividing its publishing operations from its film and television divisions; Print magazine gathered visual art by famous writers, including work by Arthur Rimbaud, Edgar Allen Poe, and Sylvia Plath; novelist and essayist Meghan Daum answers an English teacher's request to write his students about success; and other news.
The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown recently spent some time with poet Natalie Diaz, author of the collection When My Brother Was an Aztec (Copper Canyon Press, 2012), who is working to preserve the rapidly disappearing Mojave language.
