“Surreal” Named Word of the Year, Fanny Howe on Filmmaking, and More
Siri Hustvedt on literature and science; novelist Ahmed Naji released from prison; notable books from indie presses; and other news.
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On Being Octavia Butler’s Neighbor, NYPL Launches Publishing Imprint, and More
Cynthia Nixon on playing Emily Dickinson; the Poetry Coalition; Jimmy Fallon donates $1 million to First Book; and other news.
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The Heart-Work: Writing About Trauma as a Subversive Act
Writing about trauma is sometimes called “navel-gazing,” particularly for women writers. An essayist and memoirist confronts this stigma, and calls on writers to explore their personal traumas and truths.
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Everything We Don’t Know by Aaron Gilbreath
Aaron Gilbreath reads from the title essay of his new collection, Everything We Don't Know, published in November by Curbside Splendor.
Everything We Don't Know
On Friday March 23, 2012, a year after Japan's Fukushima...
Writing the Self: Some Thoughts on Words and Woe
A writer recalls his family’s history of depression as well as his own, and explores how writing through the darkest periods can serve as inspiration.
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Matthew Zapruder's Call to Action, Hotels for Book Lovers, and More
Creative nonfiction writer Janice Lee on her new essay collection; Kafka’s sexual phobias were actually pretty normal; Bob Dylan’s Nobel speech to be read on his behalf; and other news.
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Models of Artistic Resistance, PEN Protests Professor Watchlist, and More
Poet Gregory Pardlo on his forthcoming memoir; reading Yeats’s poetry in the age of Trump; rediscovered Robert Burns manuscript to go on display in Scotland; and other news.
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Thomas Mann Home to Be Preserved, Thoreau the Humorist, and More
Oldest-known stone carving of Ten Commandments sells at auction; Medieval book curses; celebrating Native American author James Welch; and other news.
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Leonard Cohen Has Died, Poems for Coping, and More
The unknown poems of Johnny Cash; funny books to read this fall; essayist Belle Boggs on motherhood and fertility; and other news.
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World Literature Today Devotes Issue to Women, New Joan Didion Book, and More
Books to help understand Trump’s win; illustrations of bookstores around the world; contemporary Thai literature in translation; and other news.
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