Keith Richards’s Children’s Book, Twitter Fiction Festival, and More
Author advocates autonomy for sex workers; Wes Anderson discusses Stefan Zweig; the Irish Grey Gardens; and other news.
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Goodnight Songs, Anne Rice Petitions Against Amazon Cyberbullies, and More
The Tournament of Books ignores author’s wishes; a fourteen-year-old’s poem goes viral; a new beer-battered bookstore opens in Texas; and other news.
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Twenty Facts About Dr. Seuss, Auden's Secret Life of Good Deeds, and More
A six-year-old collects six hundred books for the homeless; Leon Trotsky’s opinion on the Ukraine; a new biography of filmmakers during war; and other news.
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A Q&A with Kevin Powers
Iraq War veteran and The Yellow Birds author Kevin Powers talks about his new book of poems, writing about the effects of violence as a perpetrator and a victim, and about the sense of isolation that drives his work in both poetry and prose.
Olympic Poetry, Newly Digitized Hemingway Ephemera, and More
Slam poet and cultural icon Maggie Estep has died; Kwame Dawes writes Olympics-inspired poetry; Apple loses recent appeal in e-book case; and other news.
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Students Serve as Poet Ambassadors
This April, during National Poetry Month, and through September, five high school students will work to promote poetry across the country.
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Cadaver, Speak by Marianne Boruch
Marianne Boruch reads three poems from her new collection, Cadaver, Speak, published in February by Copper Canyon Press.
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Why We Write: Los Angeles 2014
Poets & Writers Magazine editor in chief Kevin Larimer moderates a panel titled Why We Write at the first Poets & Writers Live event this past January in Los Angeles. Authors Ron Carlson, Meghan Daum, Harryette Mullen, and Charles...
Poetry Versus Prose Debate Results in Violence, Shakespeare Science, and More
The New Yorker published an excerpt of Rebecca Mead’s My Life in Middlemarch; the Telegraph lists several products that use poets to move merchandise, including potato chips; USA Today details why generations of readers still love Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and other news.
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