High School Books, Syrian Novelist Hanna Mina Has Died, and More
Jason Reynolds named Indie First spokesperson; Ada Limón on writing without permission; Little Brown to publish Goodnight Trump parody; and other news.
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Baldwin’s Picture Book, Ferrante on Change, and More
Eve L. Ewing to write Marvel series Ironheart; New York library starts lending out ties; poet Robley Wilson has died; and other news.
Obama’s Summer Reads, Women Dominate Hugo Awards, and More
Bhutan’s underground literary scene; British publisher John Calder has died; the 1920s cure for writer’s block; and other news.
Sarah Viren
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Sarah Viren reads an essay for the There Will Be Words reading series in Orlando, Florida. Viren is the author of the debut essay collection, Mine (University of New Mexico Press, 2018), and is featured in “The Genre of Resistance” in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Simon and Schuster Responds to Trump’s Legal Threats, Keanu Reeves’s Press, and More
Khaled Hosseini on staying engaged with the refugee crisis; Joshua Cohen interviews Harold Bloom; fictional snacks; and other news.
#ShareYourRejections, Paris Review Announces Guest Poetry Editors, and More
Tracy K. Smith announces tour for her forthcoming American poetry anthology; Rebecca Solnit’s favorite books; the hundred best horror stories; and other news.
Follow to the Letter
As part of its 2018 exhibition season focused on the future, the Rubin museum in New York City has a program for visitors to write a letter to an incoming museumgoer. The letter may provide directions or insights that could potentially transform the future visitor’s own museum experience. This week, after completing an activity such as going to an art show, watching a movie, or eating at a restaurant, write a letter to a hypothetical follower in your footsteps. Include your emotional responses and personal memories, and any suggestions or recommendations that might offer guidance for the experience.
Poets With Disabilities, Poets of Partition, and More
Vogue visits the set of HBO’s adaptation of My Brilliant Friend; musician Jeff Tweedy to publish memoir in November; PBS’s search for America’s favorite novel; and other news.
American Book Awards Announced, the Sentimental Library, and More
Finalists for 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prizes announced; chatbot has written more that twelve million poems; MacDowell Colony executive director Cheryl Young to retire next year; and other news.
V. S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize Speech
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In this video, V. S. Naipaul accepts the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature and reads his speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm. Described by the Swedish Academy as “a literary circumnavigator,” the prolific author published more than a dozen novels and several nonfiction books. Naipaul died at the age of eighty-five on August 11, 2018.
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