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Pearl Buck Manuscript Found in a Storage Unit, Plimpton Documentary Hits Theaters, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
5.22.13

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:

Virginia Quarterly Review web editor Jane Friedman has created a graphic illustrating five separate paths to publishing a book [2]. (GalleyCat)

A forgotten novel manuscript by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl Buck was found in a Texas storage unit [3], and will be published this October. (New York Times)

Penguin settled its final e-book price-fixing charges [4] for seventy-five million dollars. (Publishers Weekly)

Book critic Ron Charles details how a bad review can transform into a good blurb [5]. (Washington Post)

Plimpton!, a documentary directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling is out today. The film focuses on the life and work of famed author, raconteur, and Paris Review editor George Plimpton [6]. (New York Times)

Meanwhile, at the Paris Review, Michael McGrath is seeking a literary mentor [7].

Bowker has launched a self-publishing service [8] called SelfPublishedAuthor.com. (Shelf Awareness)

Flavorwire rounded up the most beautiful libraries from the world of film [9] and television.

Did you know that Nabokov's Lolita was originally titled The Kingdom by the Sea [10]? Huffington Post has twenty-three other original book titles that may surprise you.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/forgotten_pearl_buck_novel_found_in_a_storage_unit_george_plimpton_documentary_hits_theaters [2] http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/5-book-publishing-paths-infographic_b70849 [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/business/media/a-pearl-buck-novel-new-after-4-decades.html?_r=0 [4] http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/57351-penguin-finally-settles-price-fixing-charges-will-avoid-trial.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=4c541b76a6-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-4c541b76a6-304823541 [5] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/05/20/two-thumbs-up-i-hated-it/ [6] http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/movies/plimpton-directed-by-tom-bean-and-luke-poling.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 [7] http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/21/wanted-literary-mentor/ [8] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2001#m20112 [9] http://flavorwire.com/392753/the-20-most-beautiful-libraries-on-film-and-tv/ [10] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/classic-books-original-titles-_n_3311784.html?utm_hp_ref=books