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Robert Rubsam writes in praise of annotating books; essayist Rax King shares her Grub Street Diet; several writers feature on this year’s OUT 100 list; and other stories.
Hannah Oliver Depp takes the helm at the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association; Entertainment Weekly announces Emma Straub’s next novel; Publishers Weekly recaps Astra Publishing House’s first two years; and other stories.
Cofounder Rebecca Fitting closes out her time at Greenlight Bookstore; Shawn Welcome begins his tenure as poet laureate of Orlando, Florida; Five Nigerian writers express both hope and despair about their country’s current state of affairs; and other stories.
Penguin Random House shares new data on workforce demographics; Ed Park writes on the new film adaption of Dune; Lincoln Michel considers the prevalence of baseball in literature; and other stories.
Poet Jonah Mixon-Webster delves into the meaning of the N-word; Ron Charles decries Republican politicians in Virginia who are attempting to control what literature is taught in schools; Colm Tóibín explains his fascination with Thomas Mann; and other stories.
Mellon president Elizabeth Alexander writes about the value of the arts; Derrick Austin discusses celebrating friendship in Tenderness; James Hannaham champions flexibility when it comes to form; and other stories.
Irma McClaurin archives the lives and work of Black women; Samantha Rose Hill calls attention to the lesser-known sides of Hannah Arendt; Melissa Lozada-Oliva reflects on the impetus behind her novel in verse; and other stories.
Anuk Arudpragasam reflects on the relationship between his first and second novels; the New Yorker shares an excerpt from R. Kikuo Johnson’s latest graphic novel; David Rapp of Kirkus reviews the newly released Dune adaptation; and other stories.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Watch the trailer for The Tragedy of Macbeth, a film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, written and directed by Joel Coen and starring Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, and Corey Hawkins.
Kalani Pickhart discusses the complex structure of her debut; Zeba Blay recalls the experience of recording her audiobook; Nina MacLaughlin writes about the Hunter’s Moon; and other stories.
