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Salinger Trailer, Authors and Cheese, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
6.14.13

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:

For Father’s Day, the Poetry Foundation’s podcast Poetry Off the Shelf features contemporary poet Terrance Hayes response to the late Robert Hayden’ [2]s “Those Winter Sundays.”

NPR looks at what today’s children are reading in school [3].

A trailer has been released for Salinger—the upcoming Shane Salerno documentary [4].

Brooklyn’s venerable BookCourt bookstore intends to build a bar in the back of the store. [5] (Shelf Awareness)

Meanwhile, bookstore sales dropped 5 percent in April [6]. (Publishers Weekly)

Lauren Graham, actor and New York Times bestselling author, has sold the screen rights of her debut novel Someday, Someday, Maybe [7] to Warner Brothers. (Huffington Post)

Flavorwire looks at the book paintings of Ekaterina Panikanova [8].

Explore showcases the first recording (1956) of poet Allen Ginsberg reading Howl [9].

The Airship has paired authors with artisan cheeses [10].


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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/salinger_trailer_authors_and_cheese_and_more [2] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/1648?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=general_marketing [3] http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/06/11/190669029/what-kids-are-reading-in-school-and-out [4] http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-trailer-salinger-movie-20130613,0,5971661.story [5] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2018#m20406 [6] http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/57811-april-bookstore-sales-fell-5-5.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=4e5fe10f55-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-4e5fe10f55-304823541 [7] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/lauren-graham-book-adapted-tv-ellen-degeneres-_n_3424300.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Books [8] http://flavorwire.com/397551/ekaterina-panikanovas-gorgeous-whimsical-book-paintings [9] http://exp.lore.com/post/52821367745/the-very-first-recording-of-allen-ginsberg-who [10] http://airshipdaily.com/blog/cheese-reads-ten-amazing-cheeses-and-their-literary-counterparts