Poetry and the Olympics, National Book Lovers Day, and More
Literary female friendship; Harry Potter exhibit to open next year at the British Library; working at Faber & Faber with T. S. Eliot; and other news.
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Saving James Baldwin’s Home, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston’s Road Trip, and More
Twentieth anniversary of Junot Díaz’s Drown; Turkish government shuts down twenty-nine publishers following coup attempt; Anne Frank in contemporary fiction; and other news.
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Federico García Lorca Revisited, Regional Literature of the United States, and More
Learning to love a non-native language; fiction writer Brian Evenson on narrative uncertainty; the U.S. Constitution becomes best-seller following Khizr Khan’s DNC speech; and other news.
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Best American Essays Data Project, Reading Leads to Longer Life, and More
James Patterson tops highest paid authors for third year in a row; America’s most beautiful libraries; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sells two million copies in three days; and other news.
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Poetry’s Trendiness in Art, Colson Whitehead on Slave Narratives, and More
Comedian Patton Oswalt to publish late wife’s unfinished book; poet Tyehmbia Jess on performance and exploitation; musician Jeff Tweedy composes song for poet Carl Sandburg tribute album; and other news.
A Lit Mag Made by Robots, Memorization and Poetry, and More
Kevin Young named director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; AWP releases demographics list for 2017 conference; Leigh Stein on abuse and memoir; and other news.
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Syria’s Secret Library, Jonathan Franzen on Fame, and More
Lucia Berlin’s unfinished memoir; the role of the contemporary American essay; the last of New York City’s Spanish-language bookstores; and other news.
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Poetry and Profanity, Harry Potter Play Release, and More
Three hundred new entries are added to Dictionary.com; Ozick on life versus literature; the Vatican digitizes an illustrated portion of The Aeneid; and other news.
Bookselling in Somalia, Cursive’s Comeback, and More
Pulitzer Prize Winner James Alan McPherson dies; debut authors Yaa Gyasi and Hua Hsu in conversation; the evolving role of librarians; and other news.
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Teju Cole on Black Lives Matter Photos, Fifty Reasons to Read Joy Williams, and More
The 2016 Man Booker Prize long list has been announced; a man named Hemingway wins Hemingway lookalike contest; a consideration of workplace fiction by women; and other news.
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