Murakami and Adichie Among Time’s Most Influential People, The Book of Joy, and More
The right kind of day job for a writer; GIF quotes app; a new reading of L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time; and other news.
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Genre: Not Genre-Specific
Books in Space, Benjamin Percy's Monster Fiction, and More
PEN Literary Awards shortlists announced; Vintage Books prepares for Short Story Month; report finds troubling statistics for writers of color in the U.K.; and other news.
Colm Tóibín on Elizabeth Bishop, Little Free Library Giveaway, and More
James Patterson increases U. K. donations; Game of Thrones actress buys H is for Hawk film rights; self-published author sues Lionsgate Films; and other news.
Piazze and Pasquinades: Report From Literary Rome
In a continuing series examining the lives of writers in the international writing community, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with three authors in Rome who share a common desire "to shake free from a past so impressive it's suffocating."
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Small Press Points: Civil Coping Mechanisms
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the Fairfax, Virginia–based Civil Coping Mechanisms, whose devotion to writing that “doesn’t shy away” is reimagining what it means to cope.
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The Written Image: Home for an Hour
In Home for an Hour, an interdisciplinary collaboration between artist Adam Moser, writer Jacob Paul, and photographer Sarah Martin, seven couples are given free rein inside Moser’s apartment, while Paul composes stories about how the guests spend their time there.
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Reviewers & Critics: Ron Charles of the Washington Post
Ron Charles of the Washington Post and the Totally Hip Video Book Review series gives his insights on the ethical and practical challenges of being a book critic for a major newspaper.
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Literary MagNet
Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue’s MagNet features Rattle, Poetry International, the Moth, Grain, and Barrelhouse.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Toni Morrison’s Gold Help the Child and Charles Simic’s The Lunatic, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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The Loft Still Flying High at Forty
Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature join forces to launch Literary Hub, a new site with an editorial team dedicated to curating the best literature-related writing on the Web.
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