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H. G. Wells Story Published for First Time, Celebrating Indie Bookstores, and More [1]

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11.28.16

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:

A ghost story written by H. G. Wells in the mid-1890s, “The Haunted Ceiling,” is published for the first time [2] in the latest issue of the Strand Magazine. (Globe & Mail)

Meanwhile, an eight-line poem written by Anne Frank in 1942 has sold at auction for €139,847 ($148,000 [3]), more than four times its predicted selling price. (BBC News)

On Saturday, more than five hundred independent bookstores in all fifty states participated in the fourth annual Indies First [4] program, promoting and celebrating independent bookshops with giveaways, deals, and author appearances. (Shelf Awareness) 

The Guardian reports on how a number of young women poets, including Rupi Kaur, Hera Lindsay Bird, Kate Tempest, and Warsan Shire [5], have amassed large readerships through their respective social media platforms.

The editors at New York Magazine suggest thirteen books of poetry that make great holiday gifts [6], including Anna Akhmatova’s Complete Poems, Monica Youn’s Blackacre, and Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York.

“I do try to incorporate particular rhythmic and generally sonic motifs I discover in music as such, and if one thinks of language in a narrow sense, that, perhaps, suggests a possibility for a rhythmic sensibility that enters poetry from outside of language.” Poet Shane McCrae discusses his forthcoming collection of poems [7], In the Language of My Captor, due out in February from Wesleyan.

Ruben Joseph, an eleven-year-old boy in the U.K., created a book review website for children’s literature [8], in which all of the reviews are written by children. (Telegraph)

Laura Jane Grace, vocalist of the punk band Against Me!, discusses writing her memoir about coming out as a trans woman, [9] Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout. (Lambda Literary)

From Columbia University to Fresno State University, here are fifteen of the most beautiful college campus libraries in America. [10] (Thrillist)


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/h_g_wells_story_published_for_first_time_celebrating_indie_bookstores_and_more [2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/late-1800s-ghost-story-written-by-hg-wells-to-be-published-for-first-time/article33002700/ [3] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38080032 [4] http://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2016-11-28/indies_first:_busy_beginning_of_the_holiday_season.html [5] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/27/verse-goes-viral-how-young-feminist-writers-are-reclaiming-poetry-for-the-digital-age [6] http://nymag.com/strategist/2016/11/best-poetry-books-holiday-gifts.html [7] http://therumpus.net/2016/11/the-sunday-rumpus-interview-shane-mccrae/ [8] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/britains-influential-book-reviewer/ [9] http://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/11/22/against-mes-laura-jane-grace-on-crafting-her-new-punk-rock-memoir/?utm_source=+Lambda+Literary+Review+November+25th%2C+2016&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email [10] https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-college-campus-libraries