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Maya Angelous graces new U.S. quarter; longtime poetry editor Don Paterson is departing Picador; Emily Meehan introduces new branding for the publishing arm of Barnes & Nobles; and other stories.
R. O. Kwon curates annual list of forthcoming books by women of color; Dan Saltzstein considers the legacy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; Niela Orr finds transformative lessons in the life and writing of bell hooks; and other stories.
Tess O’Dwyer leads the board of directors at the Academy of American Poets; bookseller and community leader Yusef Harris has died; Toni Morrison’s Recitatif is forthcoming next month; and other stories.
New ownership model introduced at Raven Book Store; Random House confirms new Norman Mailer anthology was never acquired; novelist Torrey Peters recalls a turning point; and other stories.
Jami Attenberg remembers her old apartment building in Brooklyn, New York; Preti Taneja reflects on writing about an act of extreme violence; Bonhams to auction books from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s private collection; and other stories.
“Everything fell out of me in five intense sleepless weeks.” —Xavier Navarro Aquino, author of Velorio
Pat Strachan of Catapult announces retirement; Sequoia Nagamatsu recalls the evolution of his first novel; Jean Chen Ho reflects on rejecting the white gaze; and other stories.
Booker Prize–winning author Keri Hulme has died; friends of bell hooks share memories of the late writer and scholar; LibroMobile Arts Cooperative moves to new location in Santa Ana, California; and other stories.
Lily King describes unknotting her character’s emotions; Leslie Shipman defends the place of politics in literary agenting; the year’s most biting book reviews; and more stories.
Ten writers, including Alex Dimitrov and Kaitlyn Greenidge, share the best writing advice they’ve ever heard.
