Pandemic Pen Pals
Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic.
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letters/ephemera
Secrets Hidden in the Stacks
The Book Traces project at the University of Virginia documents annotations, marks, and objects found in library books, creating a record of readers’ engagement with the book as a physical object.
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The Written Image: David Sedaris Diaries
Published this month by Little, Brown, David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium features images and artwork from the best-selling author’s 153 diaries, which he composed over the past forty years.
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First-Class Mail: A Poet’s Letters
The published correspondence of famous poets often accounts for more real estate on bookstore shelves than their books of poems. For academic scholars who spend their weekends in the special-collections rooms of libraries, the value of these books is obvious. But what are they worth to the general reader, or the practicing poet?
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Shakespeare in Mandarin, Newly Discovered Jack Kerouac Letters, and More
Haruki Murakami on the importance of mystery; the National Book Award in Poetry longlist announced; James Patterson donates books to troops; and other news.
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Solmaz Sharif on War Poetics, Underrated American Poems, and More
Flaubert’s travel diary up for auction; sixteen books that explain this year’s election; PEN reports on missing Hong Kong booksellers; and other news.
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American Writers Museum Names President, Anne Sexton’s Letters, and More
October book recommendations; National Book Award winner Phil Klay’s open letter to Donald Trump; how novelists write about climate change; 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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Adrienne Rich’s Feminist Beginnings, the Everlasting Shakespeare, and More
What literature can do that op-eds cannot; Ian McKellen returns $1.4 million memoir advance; James Hannaham wins $15,000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and other news.
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Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State Adapted for Film, Kafka Curiosities, and More
Kimiko Hahn elected president of Poetry Society of America; discovery of original German Darkness at Noon manuscript prompts new translation; Daniel Clowes on his career as a graphic novelist; and other news.
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