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Negative Book Reviews, Kristen Stewart’s Poetry, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
2.12.14

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:

Missouri-based Book House has found a new storefront [2] after losing its lease last year. The twenty-eight-year-old independent bookstore plans to open its doors in April. (Shelf Awareness)

Penguin Books India recalled and intends to pulp Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History [3], in settlement of a lawsuit by Hindu nationalist group Shiksha Bachao Andolan. (GalleyCat)

George Packer offers an addendum [4] to his recent New Yorker essay [5] that delved into Amazon’s business.

Authors Francine Prose and Zoë Heller discuss the need for negative book reviews [6]. (New York Times)

Speaking of criticism, film star Kristen Stewart shared her poetry [7] in the pages of Marie Claire, and received a response. (Harriet)

In other Hollywood news, Grove Atlantic will publish a collection of stories by actor Jesse Eisenberg [8]. (Los Angeles Times)

Flavorwire has launched an Author Club series [9], profiling books by a single author over the course of a month. Its February selection is James Baldwin.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/negative_book_reviews_kristen_stewart_s_poetry_and_more [2] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2185#m23130 [3] http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/penguin-india-recalls-destroys-the-hindus-an-alternative-history_b82627 [4] http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/02/the-perils-of-non-disclosure.html [5] http://www.pw.org/content/a_look_inside_the_iowa_writers_workshop_george_packer_on_amazon_and_more [6] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/books/review/do-we-really-need-negative-book-reviews.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 [7] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2014/02/kristen-stewart-writes-poetry-shares-poetry-receives-serious-feedback/#.UvreHuO-_yI.facebook [8] http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-jesse-eisenberg-to-publish-a-book-of-short-fiction-with-grove-20140211,0,7851097.story#axzz2svkaFTIE [9] http://flavorwire.com/437838/introducing-flavorwire-author-clubs-february-selection-james-baldwin/