Q&A: Lena Dunham’s Lenny Imprint
Girls creator Lena Dunham discusses her new feminist book imprint, Lenny Books, and its first title, Sour Heart, the debut story collection by Jenny Zhang.
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Edward Albee’s Last Wish, Clues to the Voynich Manuscript Mystery, and More
Poetry Coalition receives $200,000 grant; on reading Hollywood memoirs; a history of the Beat Generation; and other news.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Explore your inner soundtrack, make your character sweat, and embrace your many identities—three prompts to keep you writing this summer.
Whitman, Alabama
A video series explores ideas of America and identity by featuring people from across the state of Alabama reading stanzas from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.”
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Publishing, Empowering Teen Writers
[Y]volve Publishing, a new press based in Chicago, has launched a chapbook series featuring poetry both written and edited by local teens.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One offers the first lines of a dozen new and noteworthy books, including Roxane Gay’s Hunger and Julia Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer.
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Small Press Points: Aunt Lute Books
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the San Francisco–based feminist press Aunt Lute Books.
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Poetry of Exile, a Literary Guide to the Cannes Film Festival, and More
Picador editor on supporting overlooked voices; new e-book project explores digital ownership; Margaret Atwood’s additions to The Handmaid’s Tale audiobook; and other news.
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The Trembling Answers by Craig Morgan Teicher
Craig Morgan Teicher reads three poems from his new collection, The Trembling Answers, published in April by BOA Editions.
Every Turning
Every turning toward is a turning away:poets have always known the truthof this. I...
The Poetry Project at Fifty, New York Times’ New Book Advice Column, and More
This year’s top ten frequently challenged books; unique Little Free Libraries; fast-growing independent publishers; and other news.
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