The Dreamer
Written by Idris Davies, "The Dreamer" is influenced by the Welsh poet's experience working as a coal miner in Wales. All of the footage was shot on location in Montana's Glacier National Park.
P. T. Anderson Wants to Adapt Pynchon Novel, E-Book Bundle Huge Success, and More
Cory Doctorow curated Humble E-book Bundle has garnered $847,000 as of yesterday; AppNewser explains how to publish an e-book using PressBooks; Deenah Vollmer's dispatch from Germany's Frankfurt Book Fair; and other news.
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Lost in Translation
Write about a time when you traveled to a place where you didn't speak the language—either literally or figuratively. It could have been a foreign country or simply a different city, state, or group of people among which you felt like an outsider. As an ethnographer might write about a different culture, focus on how the people around you spoke and behaved, how you felt as you listened and observed, and the ways in which you were able—or ultimately unable—to assimilate and communicate.
Jericho Brown
Poet Jericho Brown recites lines from Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye at "Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison" on October 16 at Virginia Tech.
Never the Same River Twice: A Profile of Louise Erdrich
Even longer than Louise Erdrich's bibliography, which stands at twenty-eight books, including her new novel, The Round House, is the author's to-do list.
Transgender Writer TT Jax's Struggle for Survival, Eudora Welty's Rejection, and More
Tips for building your National Novel Writing Month survival kit; Barnes & Noble's founder, Leonard Riggio, intends to build and furnish one hundred homes in New Orleans; young Eudora Welty's failed attempt at landing a job at the New Yorker; and other news.
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Twenty-Seven Small Press Twitter Feeds to Follow
Not every great small press is active on Twitter, but here are twenty-seven that engage book culture via social media in interesting, informative, and entertaining ways.
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Twenty-Five Literary Magazine Twitter Feeds to Follow
These twenty-five feeds from literary magazines offer frequent updates about the writing they’re publishing, the events they’re hosting, and the news they find interesting.
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Louise Erdrich
In this clip from Prairie Public Broadcasting, author Louise Erdrich, who is profiled by contributing editor Kevin Nance in the current issue, talks about growing up in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and the challenges of running an independent bookstore, then reads from her new novel, The Round House.
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