Rethinking Poetic Citizenship
In an effort to open writing contests and grants to undocumented immigrants, a group called the “Undocupoets” successfully petitions some of the most prominent presses and literary organizations in America.
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Jack White Launches Third Man Press, Some Consumers Avoiding Amazon, and More
Amazon shushes authors; Sweetness #9 receives the “Colbert Bump”; the Baffler opens archives online; and other news.
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Globe Pequot Fires 25, Harper Lee Criticizes Memoir, and More
A successful Chicago Independent Bookstore Day; the conflict over North Carolina’s new poet laureate; David Mitchell’s new story on Twitter; and other news.
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Hachette Rejects Amazon Proposal, a New Reading Device for the Blind, and More
The book-buying habits of Parisians; the art of shelving books; a new reading device for the blind; and other news.
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Colum McCann Assaulted, Burt Reynolds’s Memoir, and More
Mira Jacob remembers her first job; Edan Lepucki’s windfall; Charles Simic’s soccer addiction; and other news.
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Amy Einhorn Joins Flatiron Books, Byliner in Trouble, and More
A seven-year Twitter project completed; Stephen Colbert promotes Powell’s Books; Egyptian author receives five-year sentence for novel; and other news.
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Target Announces E-book Partnership, Amy Poehler’s Memoir, and More
Moneyball for books; Hachette responds to Amazon; LeVar Burton kick-starting Reading Rainbow reboot; and other news.
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Vladimir Putin Bans Swearing in Books, Wole Soyinka Decries Nigerian Government’s Response to Kidnapping, and More
Philip Roth’s literature of desire; topless readers take New York City; Kurt Vonnegut’s forays into art; and other news.
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Gravity Author Sues Warner Bros., Professor Protests National Poetry Month, and More
Idaho parents call police on teen for distributing a banned book to other students; Dave Eggers's original, and less than flattering, review of Infinite Jest; state attorneys accuse Apple of evading trial; and other news.
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Elmore Leonard’s Detroit, Lee Boudreaux Joins Little, Brown, and More
Green Apple Books saves a San Francisco video store; revisiting the Salman Rushdie fatwa; modeling small businesses after independent booksellers; and other news.
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