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According to his brother, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is suffering from dementia; the Guardian details how Brooklyn became a welcome habitat for writers; Anna Holmes explores the criticism of Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls, and Sheila Heti’s new novel How Should a Person Be?; and other news.
Julia Loktev's adaptation of a story by Tom Bissell (who was profiled in the magazine back in 2007) stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg as an engaged couple on a trek through Georgia, the country. The Loneliest Planet will open in theaters on October 26.
Novelist Patrick Somerville writes of the experience of having his novel This Bright River panned, then part of the review retracted; Teju Cole examines the underpinnings of the recent destruction of ancient Sufi shrines in Mali's Timbuktu by al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters; the Boston Phoenix focuses on gender inequality in National Public Radio's book coverage; and other news.
From the simple ("Carry a notebook everywhere") to the questionable ("Sing in the shower") to the essential ("Get away from the computer"), this motion graphics clip by Tofu Design is a pretty nifty reminder of ways we can stay creative during these long, hot summer days.
Letters of Note features several exchanges that took place in 1924 between twenty-eight year old F. Scott Fitzgerald and Scribner editor Maxwell Perkins; a new edition of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury will be published with different color inks marking time shifts in the narrative; if you're planning an outdoor expedition this summer, consider a campfire recipe Hemingway would love; and other news.
Luke Frazier talks to some local poets in Kent, Ohio, about Traveling Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center's outreach program and the Glyphix design studio at Kent State University.
Write a story in which the central relationship is between a human and a machine. The machine can be a common household item, such as a toaster, or something imagined and altogether more sinister.
Newly-appointed United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is at work on a memoir detailing her life growing up in 1970s Mississippi as a daughter of black mother and a white father; poet Simon Armitage walked over two hundred miles across the United Kingdom exchanging poetry readings for food and shelter; Author Michael Chabon describes his sometimes fraught relationship with the work of James Joyce; and other news.
Write a poem that begins with a description of a photograph you have in your possession. Delve into the memories evoked by the photograph, or reveal what personal significance the photograph has for you. For inspiration, read Natasha Trethewey’s “History Lesson.”
This student documentary project by Hanah Ryu Chung relies on interviews with individuals who are active in the Toronto print community, including Joanne Saul of Type Books, Stan Bevington of Coach House Books, and Michael Torosian of Lumiere Press, to explore the world of print and ask important questions about its future.
