How the Internet Helps Indies, Twitter Essays, and More
National Book Award finalists announced; on women writers’ privacy and author photos; Junot Díaz on the role of the humanities; and other news.
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Pokémon Go Inspires Book Game, Weird Guinness Book Records, and More
President Obama’s lucrative book deals; National Read a Book Day; Belle Boggs on her new memoir; and other news.
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Cuban Science Fiction, Thomas Mann’s House for Sale, and More
Frank Ocean’s literary aesthetic; beautiful libraries around the world; books in translation by women; and other news.
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Secret Libraries of History, Free Books for London Prisoners, and More
Elizabeth Bishop’s correspondence; the physical history of the book; novels written by comic book creators; and other news.
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Silent Book Clubs, the Poetry Marathon, and More
WNYC talks to poet Evie Shockley about her #DearPresident message; on great sentences; librarians’ top-ten September books; and other news.
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Love and Witness: A Profile of Teju Cole
In a new collection of essays, Known and Strange Things, writer and photographer Teju Cole sharpens the focus and adjusts the frame in personal and probing considerations of life and art.
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Fashion in Fiction, Kafka’s Comedy, and More
Barnes & Noble fires CEO; Reese Witherspoon options film rights to Liane Moriarty novel; a 1972 novel’s anticipation of Brexit; and other news.
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Federico García Lorca Revisited, Regional Literature of the United States, and More
Learning to love a non-native language; fiction writer Brian Evenson on narrative uncertainty; the U.S. Constitution becomes best-seller following Khizr Khan’s DNC speech; and other news.
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Best American Essays Data Project, Reading Leads to Longer Life, and More
James Patterson tops highest paid authors for third year in a row; America’s most beautiful libraries; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sells two million copies in three days; and other news.
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Syria’s Secret Library, Jonathan Franzen on Fame, and More
Lucia Berlin’s unfinished memoir; the role of the contemporary American essay; the last of New York City’s Spanish-language bookstores; and other news.
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