Edward Snowden to Publish Book, Jia Tolentino’s Reading List, and More
Justin Phillip Reed on monsters and black poetic grotesqueries; why no one likes Holden Caulfield anymore; Margaret Atwood reads Alice Munro; and other news.
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Rediscovered John Steinbeck Story, Writing Groups Versus the MFA, and More
Happy Birthday, Herman Melville; Maylis de Kerangal on the language of the kitchen; the literary nature of the 2019 Central Park Squirrel Census; and other news.
Olga Tokarczuk on Nationalism, t’ai freedom ford on Sonnets, and More
The year’s best-selling novel and an unsolved murder; A. E. Stallings on poetry to outlast the world; Lillian Li on juggling jobs and finding focus; and other news.
Poetry in Prisons, the Return of Olive Kitteridge, and More
Not the Booker Prize longlist; Helen Phillips on taking motherhood seriously; a new focus at the American Booksellers Association; and other news.
How the Internet Improved Our Prose, Rion Amilcar Scott on Ambition, and More
The literary longevity of Bruno Schulz; when Nabokov, Pynchon, and Vonnegut wrote book reviews; the mystery of a baby’s first words; and other news.
What Javier Marías Is Reading, Authors Demand an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border, and More
Macmillan’s plan to limit library access to e-books; Geovani Martins on the voice of Brazil; Megan Rapinoe’s book deal; and other news.
The Faber & Faber Story, Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist, and More
Raquel Salas Rivera on the protests in Puerto Rico; our changing use of the word racist; publisher shelves Boris Johnson’s biography of Shakespeare; and other news.
Booker Prize Longlist, Courtney Maum on Creative Sensitivity, and More
U.K. Booksellers Association launches environmental manifesto; at home with Herman Melville; why science and poetry go together; and other news.
Poetry to Combat Hatred, Neustadt International Prize Finalists, and More
Salman Rushdie on depicting corruption; New Hampshire poet laureate choice sparks controversy; Laura Lippman’s newspaper novel; and other news.
Audible Captions, N. Scott Momaday Wins Peace Award, and More
Colson Whitehead on humor and tragedy; the book that went to the moon and the poem that wasn’t impressed; comics against the Internet; and other news.
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