Poetry in Ukraine, Hari Kunzru on Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More
Suggestions for new writers residencies; how to write a letter like Jane Austen; help for the overwhelmed; and other news.
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Amtrak Writing Residency’s Fine Print, Roddy Doyle On Aging, and More
Dostoyevsky film adaptation comes to New York; Barnes & Noble closes in Michigan; Author Walter Kirn’s friendship with a murderer; and other news.
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Hanif Kureishi Declares Writing Classes Worthless, the Debate Over Audiobooks, and More
Cheryl Strayed visits Wisconsin; Melville House wonders if the author is dead; books to help with midlife crises; and other news.
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Author Protests Anti-Gay Ruling, Live-Tweeting a Loved One’s Final Days, and More
McSweeney’s releases a Portlandia-themed activity book; a new biography of Louis Armstrong; novelist Eleanor Catton on the seasons of writing; and other news.
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Dani Shapiro: Los Angeles 2014
Dani Shapiro is the author of five novels and three memoirs, including most recently Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, published last October by Atlantic Monthly Press. With an introduction from Poets & Writers...
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld by Justin Hocking
Justin Hocking reads the first chapter of his new memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, forthcoming from Graywolf Press in March.
Ophelia, Part I
Late summer 2005 and everything’s underwater. The news...
Oyster Raises Fourteen Million Dollars, Benjamin Percy’s Novel Optioned by FOX, and More
Oyster, the Netflix-like service for literature, has raised fourteen million dollars in investments; Richard Nash will leave Small Demons and join Byliner; Benjamin Percy’s novel Red Moon has been optioned by FOX TV as a potential series; and other news.
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The Strand Breaks Sales Record, Nova Ren Suma on Wrangling Self-Doubt, and More
Nova Ren Suma offers techniques to stave off self-doubt; the Strand Book Store broke its all-time sales record this Christmas; the Guardian charts the United Kingdom’s top-selling books of 2013; and other news.
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Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart reads an excerpt from his memoir, Little Failure, forthcoming from Random House in January. Excerpted with permission by Random House, a division of Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be...
Jason Segel Cast as David Foster Wallace, Heather Havrilesky on Nora Ephron, and More
Jason Segel will play David Foster Wallace in a new film adaptation; author and poet John Yau considers John Ashbery’s contributions to art criticism; Barnes & Noble’s chairman sells two million shares of his company's stock; and other news.
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