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Leslie Jamison reads her essay “The Broken Heart of James Agee” from The Empathy Exams (Graywolf Press, 2014) for a reading series hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Jamison speaks about her new book, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath (Little, Brown, 2018), in “The Infinite World” by Michele Filgate in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Celeste Ng on the engine that drives good fiction; books by women priced 45 percent below those by men; writers and literary advocates make Essence’s “Woke 100 Women” list; and other news.
Curtis Sittenfeld on writing political fiction; America’s hundred favorite novels; summer reading picks; and other news.
Gregory Pardlo talks about the difference between writing poetry and creative nonfiction, and the universality of storytelling in this interview with Rich Fahle at the 2018 AWP Annual Conference & Book Fair in Tampa. Pardlo’s debut memoir, Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America (Knopf, 2018), is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
This Barnes & Noble is located in the Arboretum Shopping Center, at the Southwest Corner of 183 and Great Hills Trail. Events include author readings, talks, and book signings.
Bank of Books is an independent, family-owned bookstore that supports the local arts community, including writers, historians, artists, and musicians. They host readings, talks and discussions, storytime, author signings, book groups, music performances, and other literary events throughout the year.
University Press of New England to dissolve; a case for getting a graduate degree in creative writing; Jake Tapper’s fiction debut; and other news.
Maine high school student and asylum-seeker sues NEA over right to compete in Poetry Out Loud; Jhumpa Lahiri on translating Italian novelist Domenico Starnone; girdle books; and other news.
“Is it possible to tell a story about getting better that is as compelling as a story of falling apart?” asks Leslie Jamison, speaking about her new memoir, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath (Little, Brown, 2018), in “The Infinite World” by Michele Filgate in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine. Write a personal essay on a topic or event in your life related to dysfunction or a low point in which you experienced a recovery. Use inspiration from Jamison’s own challenge of narrative structure and focus on a way to use “rigorous, specific, fresh language” to write about recovery.
James Comey on his new political memoir; U.K. author goes undercover at an Amazon warehouse; Scott Rudin countersues Harper Lee estate over Broadway play; and other news.
