Writers on TIME’s Most Influential People List, Autofiction’s Predecessors, and More
Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary; the poetry of Rosmarie Waldrop; Bret Easton Ellis on the Broadway version of his novel American Psycho; and other news.
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Genre: Not Genre-Specific
Adonis on the Poetry of War, George Saunders’s First Novel, and More
Fanny Howe’s poetry of resistance; Emily St. John Mandel reflects on her book tour; NEA grants $550,000 to Library of America; and other news.
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Conversations With This Year’s Pulitzer Winners, the Library Card’s Fate, and More
Romance-only bookstore; earliest manuscripts by women on display in new exhibit; a conversation with poet Li-Young Lee; and other news.
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Anatomy of Awards: The Numbers Behind Grants & Awards
As part of a continuing series, we offer a breakdown of the numbers behind our Grants & Awards listings, highlighting the total amount of prize money given each year, the average cost of entry, types of sponsoring organizations, and more.
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Contemporary Poets to Read Now, Eileen Myles Inspires New Feminists, and More
Hilary Mantel’s writing day; an interview with National Book Award winner Ha Jin; U. of Illinois launches massive open online course in Modern American poetry; and other news.
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Return of Serial Novels, Judy Blume Opens Bookstore, and More
Transforming history through art; Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich on giving voices to the voiceless; Alice James Books launches app; and other news.
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Juan Felipe Herrera Named Poet Laureate for Second Term, Writing Apps, and More
Discoveries from reading for an audience; on the life and work of Dorothy Parker; Blanche Knopf’s hand in the publishing empire; and other news.
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National Bookmobile Day, Equine Library, and More
Marianne Moore’s revival; first books after forty; a new Kindle for book fetishists; and other news.
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Q&A: ALTA’s Erica Mena Talks Translation
The American Literary Translators Association’s executive director discusses the organization’s new administration of the Cliff Becker Book Prize—the only U.S. award that offers publication to a full-length book of poetry translated into English—and the importance of awarding fellowships to emerging translators.
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Poet, Writer, Imposter: Learning to Believe in Myself
A poet, novelist, and memoirist investigates the experience of imposter syndrome—that insidious feeling of being a fraud—and poses the question, What would happen if writers stopped viewing their careers as a series of happy accidents?
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