Jane Austen’s Word Choices, New Maurice Sendak Book Discovered, and More
Library designs for the future; National Book Foundation combats “book deserts”; the most anthologized stories of all time; and other news.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Explore your inner soundtrack, make your character sweat, and embrace your many identities—three prompts to keep you writing this summer.
Worth the Wait: A Profile of Arundhati Roy
Readers have anticipated a new novel from the author of The God of Small Things for two full decades. Now, with the release of Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, the wait is over.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One offers the first lines of a dozen new and noteworthy books, including Roxane Gay’s Hunger and Julia Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer.
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Small Press Points: Aunt Lute Books
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the San Francisco–based feminist press Aunt Lute Books.
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Literary MagNet: Yuka Igarashi
Editor Yuka Igarashi highlights five journals that first published debut stories included in PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017, forthcoming in August from Catapult.
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Video Games Redefine the Classics
In a growing trend, video games simulate the experience of being inside classic works of literature, from Thoreau’s Walden to Joyce’s Ulysses.
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Q&A: Thomas’s App for Young Readers
A young developer discusses the genesis of her app, We Read Too, which offers an extensive database of multicultural books for young readers.
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Poetry of Exile, a Literary Guide to the Cannes Film Festival, and More
Picador editor on supporting overlooked voices; new e-book project explores digital ownership; Margaret Atwood’s additions to The Handmaid’s Tale audiobook; and other news.
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The Standard Grand by Jay Baron Nicorvo
Jay Baron Nicorvo reads an excerpt from his new novel, The Standard Grand, published in April by St. Martin's Press.
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