Poets & Writers
Published on Poets & Writers (https://www.pw.org)

Home > A New NEA Reading Survey, Lambda Appoints Executive Director, and More

A New NEA Reading Survey, Lambda Appoints Executive Director, and More [1]

1.13.10

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:

The NEA's [2] latest Survey of Publication Participation in the Arts charts a 2 percent drop in adults who engaged in nonrequired reading between 2002 and 2008, as well as a 4 percent decline in adults who read poetry over the same period. In slightly more encouraging news, the survey reported a 3 percent increase in adults who read "literature" (defined as plays, novels, or poetry) over the six-year span.

The Lambda Literary Foundation [3] appointed a permanent executive director. 

A new Chinese literary agency with a focus on marketing authors to Western audiences is attracting top talent (Publishing Perspectives [4]).

Random House and EA Sports announced the release of a new version of Longfellow's translation of Dante's Inferno, as a promotional tie-in for a video game based on the epic poem (1up [5]).

The central character in David Foster Wallace's acclaimed work of fiction, Infinite Jest, is putting on an art show at Columbia University (Rumpus [6]). 

To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Leo Tolstoy's death, Quirk Books announced the upcoming release of Android Karenina (GalleyCat [7]). 

Barnes & Noble's Nook won Best Gadget of 2009 at the Crunchies Awards (Bookseller [8]).

British indie bookstores have seen sales drop as much as 50 percent due to unusually low temperatures and heavy snow this winter (Bookseller [9]).

The contenders for the Morning News' [10] Sixth Annual Tournament of Books were announced today. 


Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/bad_news_nea_survey_lambda_literary_foundation_appoints_executive_director_and_more

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/bad_news_nea_survey_lambda_literary_foundation_appoints_executive_director_and_more [2] http://www.nea.gov/research/2008-SPPA.pdf [3] http://lambdaliterary.org/index.html [4] http://publishingperspectives.com/?p=10221 [5] http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3177576 [6] http://therumpus.net/2010/01/david-foster-wallaces-incandenza-comes-to-life/ [7] http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/trends/quirk_books_tackles_tolstoy_with_android_karenina_148658.asp [8] http://www.thebookseller.com/news/109086-nook-wins-best-gadget-award.html.rss [9] http://www.thebookseller.com/news/109117-indies-take-sales-hit-from-snow.html [10] http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_rooster/the_2010_tournament_of_books.php