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National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s Independence Day poem; Elisa Gabbert on the “open mode” of longer projects; Garth Greenwell on Iris Murdoch’s gayest novel; and other news.
Independent publisher Deep Vellum acquires two imprints; Rebecca Godfrey and Leslie Jamison talk female rage; a gay pulp fiction archive; and other news.
Backlash to Angie Thomas’s request to not be tagged in negative reviews; Alaska governor slashes university funding; Meghan Daum’s Gen-X lens; and other news.
The policies of self-help author and presidential candidate Marianne Williamson; Tracy K. Smith talks laureate-to-laureate with Scottish makar Jackie Kay; Asian American novelists respond to vintage photographs; and other news.
The Association of American Publishers speaks out against Amazon and Google; N. K. Jemisin on messing with people’s expectations; a handy guide to ancient Greek epitaphs; and other news.
A book recommendation for every age; Carmen Maria Machado to write horror comic; Emily Nussbaum on writing about television; and other news.
Rita Dove honored; first-year sales for now famous books; the paradox of Lore Segal; and other news.
How Jenna Bush Hager become the new book club queen; sharing a writing life with Toni Morrison; social media scrutiny in the young adult publishing world; and other news.
Lisa Taddeo on researching female desire; Octavia Butler’s birthday; the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award longlist; and other news.
Ariana Reines on becoming a Beat poet; a love story featuring Anne Sexton and a monk; the censorship of Vasily Grossman; and other news.
