BookExpo Highlights, Elif Shafak on Author Suppression, and More
Lemn Sissay wins PEN Pinter Prize; Pitchaya Sudbanthad’s climate change reading list; Birute Putrius on book smuggling and Lithuanian independence; and other news.
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Walt Whitman Turns Two Hundred, Firecracker Award Finalists, and More
Julie Orringer on the intimacy of historical fiction; Kelly Link’s tips for debut authors; literary inspiration from the most decadent college of the eighties; and other news.
Best Translated Book Awards, Healing Through Poetry in Houston, and More
Leslie Carol Robert’s case for a non-expert appreciation of nature; BookExpo kicks off with an emphasis on storytelling; remembering poet Linda Gregg; and other news.
Han Kang’s Hundred-Year Novel, Toi Derricotte’s Spirituality, and More
Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s meditation on binaries; Tony Horwitz has died; Michael Wolff claims Mueller drafted an obstruction indictment against Trump; and other news.
Robert L. Bernstein Has Died, Diversity Gap in Children’s Nature Books, and More
The declining use of books in college libraries; summer reading from the Washington Post; learning your upcoming book is wrong on-air; and other news.
Willie Perdomo on Letter Writing
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“Letter writing is a pure act of devotion, a place where, if not storytellers, we all become human again.” In this PBS NewsHour video, Willie Perdomo, the author most recently of The Crazy Bunch (Penguin Books, 2019), talks about the value of writing letters and how they are “where we attempt to tell the truth and wait.”
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Tommy Pico on Not Wasting Time, Siri Hustvedt Wins Princess of Asturias Prize, and More
Children’s book author Judith Kerr has died; this summer’s most anticipated releases; the crafted persona of “the female Byron”; and other news.
All Is True
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All Is True is a biopic depicting the last three years of William Shakespeare’s life, after the original Globe Theatre in London burned down during a performance of Henry VIII in 1613 and he returned to Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film stars Branagh as Shakespeare, Judi Dench as his wife Anne Hathaway, and Ian McKellen as the Earl of Southampton.
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Librarians in the Laundromat, Forward Prize Finalists, and More
Summer reading from the New York Times culture critics; Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell returns; a White House memoir from Donald Trump Jr.; and other news.
Jokha Alharthi Wins Man Booker International Prize, Franny Choi on Cyborg Poetics, and More
Ben Lerner on depicting adolescence; U.K. writers urge voters to support the European Union in Thursday elections; author Binyavanga Wainaina has died; and other news.
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