World Literature Today Devotes Issue to Women, New Joan Didion Book, and More
Books to help understand Trump’s win; illustrations of bookstores around the world; contemporary Thai literature in translation; and other news.
Tags:
Tags: travel writing
Author Breakthroughs, Henry James’s Memoirs, and More
Patti Smith on Frida Kahlo’s love letters; controversial book rises to prominence; New York Times names media columnist replacement for David Carr; and other news.
Tags:
Sitting on Plutarch's Throne: Taking Risks in the Essay
An American writer and editor details the importance and emotional necessity of taking risks in the essay by way of an adventure to Greece to find Plutarch’s writing chair.
Futuristic Writing Desk: A Special Form of History
Recounting a harrowing trek up Texas’s Enchanted Rock with his wife, a writer details the particularly difficult task of placing yourself in time, and then learning to let time go.
Piazze and Pasquinades: Report From Literary Rome
In a continuing series examining the lives of writers in the international writing community, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with three authors in Rome who share a common desire "to shake free from a past so impressive it's suffocating."
Tags:
Reading Print Versus Digital Increases Comprehension, Amazon Partners With Purdue, and More
OverDrive launches Read an E-book Day; traveling vicariously through books; Anne Sexton's summer bikini tips; and other news.
Tags:
Neil Gaiman Visits Syrian Refugee Camps, Chipotle Overlooks Latino Authors, and More
Natasha Trethewey's term as poet laureate comes to an end; OverDrive partners with Smashwords; Goodreads connects readers with authors; and other news.
Tags:
NYPL Scraps Plans for Controversial Renovation, New Social Network Supports Indie Bookstores, and More
Andrew Wylie versus Amazon; an online reading in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month; North Korea’s bookstores; and other news.
Tags:
HarperCollins to Acquire Harlequin, BookBub Raises $3.8 Million, and More
Will Self on the death of the novel; Diane Keaton’s favorite books; a digital campaign for diversity in literature; and other news.
Tags:
Madonna to Direct Rebecca Walker Adaptation, Alice Munro Honored With New Canadian Coin, and More
Kiese Laymon on the politics of black male action; Patrick Leigh Fermor book and Tennessee Williams short story each published after an eighty-year wait; Scribd’s new travel book section; and other news.
Tags:
Pages
