Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:
PBS NewsHour takes a look at the poetry that has been shared and published in the past few days in response to the gathering of hate groups in Charlottesville on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Publishers Weekly goes inside New Dominion Bookshop, the bookstore in Charlottesville near the intersection where Heather Heyer was killed by a white supremacist who drove a car into a crowd of counter-protestors on Saturday.
The New York Times recommends children’s books that help parents talk to their kids about anti-Semitism, political activism, and racism.
John L. Dorman visits the many Pittsburgh haunts and inspirations of playwright August Wilson, an “artist who had an unwavering commitment to chronicling both the triumphs and the painful setbacks of African-Americans, from the early days of industrialization to contemporary times.” (New York Times)
At the Review Review, Bernard Grant offers tips on deciding why and where to publish your work in literary magazines.
“I still write to feel less lonely. I also write to learn about myself, to learn about my relationships, to catalyze changes in my life…” Tao Lin talks with the Creative Independent about why he writes and the process of writing his new novel.
“The meaning of a writer’s work must be created, and argued for, by writers themselves, and not by some extraneous source of endorsement.” Novelist Amit Chaudhuri argues that the Booker prize is a flawed, market-driven way of celebrating literature. (Guardian)
Simon & Schuster has announced that Jennifer Bergstrom will succeed Louise Burke as publisher of the Gallery Book Group, which focuses on literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction. (Publishers Weekly)
