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Irish Fiction Goes International, Underappreciated Holiday Books, Shia LaBeouf, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
12.18.13

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:

In an effort to promote Irish literature internationally, Ireland’s Arts Council is collaborating with New York University and the University College Dublin to award over two hundred thousand dollars to a laureate in Irish fiction [2]. (Guardian)

According to a report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a worker at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey was killed [3] in an industrial accident on December 4. (All Things Digital)

Actor and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf has been accused of plagiarizing a Daniel Clowes [4] graphic novel. (Los Angeles Times)

Maria Popova reveals her favorite books on writing [5] and creativity for 2013. The list includes Dani Shapiro’s Still Writing and a collection of author interviews edited by Meredith Maran titled Why We Write. (Brain Pickings)

Meanwhile, Emily Temple identifies ten remarkable yet underappreciated holiday books [6], such as Nancy Mitford’s Christmas Pudding. (Flavorwire)

Main Street Books, a shop in St. Charles, Missouri, is looking for a buyer [7] or it will close at the end of next month. (Shelf Awareness)

Greg Grandin parses historic fact from fiction in Herman Melville’s story “Benito Cereno.” [8] (Chronicle Review)


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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/irish_fiction_goes_international_underappreciated_holiday_books_shia_labeouf_and_more [2] http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/16/arts-council-ireland-laureate-award [3] http://allthingsd.com/20131217/worker-killed-at-one-of-amazons-new-jersey-warehouses/ [4] http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-daniel-clowes-publisher-finds-shia-labeouf-baffling-20131217,0,6858385.story#ixzz2nqC7gRBs [5] http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/12/18/best-books-writing-creativity/ [6] http://flavorwire.com/429998/10-of-the-best-holiday-books-you-probably-havent-read/view-all/ [7] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2152#m22593 [8] http://chronicle.com/article/Slavery-in-FactFiction/143551/