The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman reads from his most recent novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, published in June by William Morrow and featured in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Snapper by Brian Kimberling
Brian Kimberling reads from his debut novel, Snapper, published in April by Pantheon...
The Third Son by Julie Wu
Julie Wu reads from her debut novel, The Third Son, published in April by Algonquin Books.
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My journey began when the Americans bombed us, in 1943, because it was during the bombings that I met the girl.
I was eight years old. In...
Goodbye to Algonquin's Oak Room, E. B. White Answers the ASPCA, and More
Melville House wonders when publishers will speak out about Amazon; New York City's Algonquin Hotel announced that when it reopens this spring after a renovation, the famed Oak Room will be gone; E. B. White answers a charge levied by the ASPCA; and more
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Remembering Wislawa Szymborska and Dorothea Tanning, Paul Auster's War of Words, and More
Nobel prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, as well as Surrealist artist and poet Dorothea Tanning, passed away yesterday in their respective countries; novelist Paul Auster has engaged in a war of words with Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey; Open Letters Monthly examines the hidden life of Virginia Woolf's institutionalized half-sister, Laura Makepeace Stephen; and other news.
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A Novel Approach: Learning to Write More Than Stories
The Grub Street literary center has created a long-form fiction class that might offer a cure for the novel-writing anxiety that the traditionally story-centric MFA workshop isn’t equipped to resolve.
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Character Counts in Translated Fiction
Despite the average wired American’s tendency to downsize their character counts, the page counts of newly published books of translated fiction show that the rest of the global literary community may be beefing up.
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First: Karl Marlantes’s Matterhorn
Today, Karl Marlantes's debut novel is garnering praise for its vivid, trenchant portrayal of American soldiers in the thick of the Vietnam War. But for more than thirty years, the manuscript languished in literary purgatory, while the author struggled to find an agent—not to mention a publisher—willing to take it on.
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A New Genre in Chinese Fiction
A new genre of fiction known as the Officialdom novel has become increasingly popular in China. Fans claim that the novels offer rich entertainment while providing valuable insights into the byzantine system of manners and etiquette that is the key to success at white-collar jobs in China, but the trend might signal a much more significant shift in the culture—one that goes beyond matters of literary taste.
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A Slender Hope: A Profile of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
For Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, literary stardom has yielded more than the confidence to keep writing. Much more.
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