Short Story Vending Machines, Writers Who Run, and More
Value of first editions of twentieth-century classics increases; Roland Barthes at one hundred; “experimental” Millennial bookstore to open in London; and other news.
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Ampersand Extra: Jesse Browner Interview
Ampersand hosts Kevin Larimer and Melissa Faliveno sit down with Jesse Browner, the author of How Did I Get Here? Making Peace With the Road Not Taken, published this month by Harper Wave, to talk about the new book and the decisions we...
Why We Write: San Francisco 2015
Melissa Faliveno, associate editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, leads a conversation with authors Wendy Lesser, Yiyun Li, Alejandro Murguia, D. A. Powell, and Michelle Tea about the personal, political, and professional reasons we...
Visiting Hours by Amy Butcher
Amy Butcher reads from her debut memoir, Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder, published in April by Blue Rider Press.
As my car cuts across the countryside toward Kevin's prison, the sun like yolk across the fields, I...
Lord Fear by Lucas Mann
Lucas Mann reads from his memoir, Lord Fear, forthcoming in May from Pantheon Books.
[NOTEBOOK, UNDATED, “THE MATTER OF THE DRUGS”]: Rules!!– ANY substance cannot be taken two days concurrently. I will keep it to twice per...
Far From Ordinary: A Profile of Tracy K. Smith
In Ordinary Light, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith embraces a fuller sense of herself as a writer while cementing the connection between her children and her ancestors using the best glue she knows: words.
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The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen
Alice Eve Cohen reads four excerpts from her memoir, The Year My Mother Came Back, forthcoming in March from Algonquin Books.
The Year My Mother Came Back
One day, my brilliant, beautiful, complicated mother...
Borges’s Radio Dialogues, Samuel Johnson Nonfiction Prize Announced, and More
Lena Dunham apologizes for memoir controversy; fan fiction’s six-figure publishing deals; “books that inspired the world”; and other news.
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National Novel Writing Month, Lena Dunham Cancels Book Tour Dates, and More
Publishing icon Oscar Dystel remembered; a step-by-step guide to reading poetry; illness can’t stop Clive James from writing; and other news.
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Nora Ephron's Celebrity Influence, the Potential Perils of Seeking Out Your Critic, and More
Lemony Snicket leads an independent bookstore initiative; Tom Hanks is published in the New Yorker; horror fiction examined; and other news.
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