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Celebrity Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, Larry McMurtry Documentary, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
7.30.13

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:

Barnes & Noble’s recent earnings were restated, revealing the severance package [2] of its departing CEO. (Shelf Awareness)

Boston Globe recounts the early-career celebrity status of Edna St. Vincent Millay [3].

“Real reading is reincarnation [4].” In an essay adapted from his book Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education, Mark Edmundson describes the ideal student of English. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Meanwhile, Slate warns of the dangers of a “bad ellipsis habit [5].”

BuzzFeed rounds up ten impressive literary beards [6].

Alexander Nazaryan details why readers (and journalists) are consumed with the drinking habits of famous authors [7]. (Atlantic Wire)

A documentary is in the works about author Larry McMurtry's auction of three hundred thousand books [8] from his store holdings. (Fine Books & Collections)


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/celebrity_poet_edna_st_vincent_millay_larry_mcmurtry_documentary_and_more [2] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2051#m20936 [3] http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/07/25/the-poet-rock-star/jFGIJ0jxKxBPfr8DlFGXRK/story.html [4] http://chronicle.com/article/The-Ideal-English-Major/140553/ [5] http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/07/ellipses_why_so_common_what_are_they_really_for.single.html [6] http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/the-10-most-impressive-beards-in-literature-9npd [7] http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/07/why-we-read-about-what-writers-drink/67729/ [8] http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2013/07/books-a-documentary-starring-larry-mcmurtry.phtml