Reese Witherspoon’s Author Rock Stars, a Profile of Poet Ocean Vuong, and More
Moleskine notebooks offer digital sets; the literary rules of Cervantes and Shakespeare; editor Vivian Lee on nurturing writers of color; and other news.
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What Hollywood Owes Writers, Epistolary Novels, and More
National Book Foundation launches program for LGBTQ teens; Tournament of Books brackets posted; Robert Lowell’s complicated relationships with women; and other news.
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Tolerance Anthology Translated Into English, Anticipated Book Adaptations, and More
Charles Baxter remembers poet Larry Levis; Virginia Quarterly Review’s literary Instagram experiment; Nobel Prize losers of 1965; and other news.
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Esquire’s Revamped Reading List, Poetry Previews, and More
Life-changing books; Penguin Random House sells its self-publishing division; recent study shows people prefer books to their movie adaptations; and other news.
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The Written Image: The End of the Tour
Iconic author David Foster Wallace is the subject of the recently released film The End of the Tour, in which actor Jason Segel stars as Wallace. The film is an adaptation of David Lipsky’s Of Course You End up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace, which chronicles Lipsky and Wallace’s 1996 road trip during Wallace’s promotional tour for Infinite Jest.
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Art vs. Life, a Quarrel: San Francisco 2015
David Shields and Caleb Powell, authors of I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel, reignite the age-old debate about the lives of artists as they attempt to disturb preconceived divisions between reality and fiction, life and art.
Elmore Leonard’s Archives Go South, McSweeney’s to Become a Nonprofit, and More
John Grisham’s controversial comments on child pornography; a new film based on the story that inspired Moby-Dick; “Yoga for Writers”; and other news.
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Wylie Asks Authors to Unite Against Amazon, Gaiman and Palmer Celebrate Indie Bookstores, and More
Amazon and Perseus strike a new deal; Paul Theroux on the short story; Thomas Pynchon rumored to make an onscreen appearance; and other news.
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Internet Reading and the Anxiety of Influence, the Language of Restaurant Menus, and More
The life and work of Martin Amis; books about race in America; a library taxi in Tehran; and other news.
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Amazon Calls for Lower E-book Prices, the Book-Buying Habits of Publishing Professionals, and More
Warner Bros. and RatPac option The Goldfinch; Macmillan expands library e-book program; Nikki Giovanni on NPR’s final episode of Tell Me More; and other news.
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