Tom Hanks to Publish Short Story Collection, David Foster Wallace’s Fiction Syllabus, and More
Downloading Pushkin on the Moscow metro; your brain on well-constructed stories; remembering James Laughlin; and other news.
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National Novel Writing Month, Lena Dunham Cancels Book Tour Dates, and More
Publishing icon Oscar Dystel remembered; a step-by-step guide to reading poetry; illness can’t stop Clive James from writing; and other news.
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Lesser-Known Literary Monsters, the History of Zombie Research, and More
A morbid literary tour of Los Angeles; “artisanal terror”; PEN America’s first editions auction; and other news.
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Poe’s Raven Forevermore, Literature of the Strange, and More
A British University abolishes library fines; children’s books fuel revenue growth; poet August Kleinzahler will lecture in D.C. series; and other news.
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92nd Street Y at Seventy-Five, Malcolm Lowry’s Lost Manuscript, and More
Authors to auction off character names for charity; Halloween costumes of famous authors; post-apocalyptic novels; and other news.
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The Written Image: Windows on the World
Artist and architect Matteo Pericoli pairs drawings of views from the desks of writers around the world with essays by those writers about where they write, what they see, and how their view informs their work
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The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum reads two excerpts from her essay collection The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, forthcoming in November from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Charles Wright Begins Poet Laureate Term, Lena Dunham Kicks Off Book Tour, and More
Finalists for Kirkus Prize announced; National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35; Lee Child on why the Amazon-Hachette battle matters; and other news.
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The Lack of Diversity in the Publishing Industry, Banned Books Week Begins, and More
Penguin launches Cartoon Network imprint; speed-reading a novel; the trouble with writing; and other news.
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Hilary Mantel’s Controversial New Short Story, the Slow Reading Movement, and More
A marathon Dylan Thomas reading; forthcoming books on ISIS; the debate about young adult fiction; and other news.
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