The Necessary Distance: A Profile of Nell Freudenberger
Ten years after her first published story made her an easy target for envious writers, Nell Freudenberger has come into her own with a second novel, The Newlyweds, out this month from Knopf.
When Patience Pays Off: A Profile of Ben Fountain
What Ben Fountain’s literary output lacks in quantity it more than makes up for in quality, as the fifty-three-year-old author’s masterly debut novel, published in May 2012 by Ecco, makes abundantly clear.
Antitrust Lawsuit
In this video the Associated Press offers a summary of yesterday's announcement that the Justice Department is suing five major publishers and Apple on price-fixing charges. HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster settled the charges Wednesday, leaving Penguin, Macmillan, and Apple in what could be a protracted legal fight.
Justice Department Sues Apple and Major Publishers, Vagaries of Book Tours, and More
This morning the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the nation's largest publishers; writers and publicists dish on the vagaries of book tours and readings; Flavorwire rounds up ten working Southern authors everyone should read; and other news.
Richard Ford
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land speaks about his new novel, Canada, to be published by Ecco next month.
Herman Wouk Sells Novel at Ninety-Six, Tom Bissell on Literary Luck, and More
Simon & Schuster will publish a new novel from Herman Wouk, who turns ninety-seven in May; Salman Rushdie responds to Israel’s ban of Günter Grass; T. Coraghessan Boyle describes the feeling of boxing up his collected papers, which were acquired by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin; and other news.
Unending
This video installation by Maria Korporal, featuring a poem by Daìta Martinez, is part of the collective show ANIMA-L-ARTE at Rome's Monte Soratte nature museum.
Iowa Review Introduces Contest for Veterans
In partnership with the family of a Vietnam veteran known for his antiwar writing and activism, Iowa Review has launched a multigenre writing contest open to U.S. military veterans and active duty personnel. The Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award competition, which offers one thousand dollars and publication in Iowa Review, is accepting entries of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction on any subject.
Pulitzer Prize winner and Vietnam veteran Robert Olen Butler will select the winning work from a pool chosen by the journal's editors (all finalists will be considered for publication). Butler, much of whose work is informed by his experiences in the U.S. military, served in Vietnam as an intelligence agent and a translator. He is the author of twelve novels, most recently A Small Hotel (Grove Press, 2011), six short story collections, and a nonfiction book on craft, From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction (Grove Press, 2005).
Writers may submit their work with a fifteen-dollar entry fee via Submittable or postal mail (an extra ten dollars gets entrants a yearlong subscription to the magazine). The deadline is June 15. Visit the Iowa Review website for complete guidelines.
In the video below, Butler discusses how his time in the military led the former playwright to fiction, and how his experiences in Vietnam have shaped his work.
Amazon's Largesse, Gunter Grass Unwelcome in Israel, and More
Salon delves into Amazon's financial grants to literary organizations; Israel declares German poet Gunter Grass persona non grata; Maura Kelly explores why storytellers lie; and other news.
The Poem of the Spanish Poet
This video, for Mark Strand's "The Poem of the Spanish Poet," was filmed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s New York City apartment and features animation by director and animation artist Juan Delcan.
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