In Memory of Philip Levine, $300 Million Rare Book Donation, and More
“Author” is the dream job for Brits; the perpetual decline of the English language; writing across difference; and other news.
Genre: Not Genre-Specific
Times Critic David Carr Has Died, PEN World Voices Festival, and More
James Franco in another novel adaptation; Clancy Martin on love; labeling writers; and other news.
Claudia Rankine on Amiri Baraka, Jon Stewart and Book Promotion, and More
Ben Stiller to adapt Gary Shteyngart novel; author love letters; indie bookseller resurgence; and other news.
Literary Marriage Portrayals, What Writers Owe Their Subjects, and More
Mark Twain plaque thief arrested; “poet voice”; lack of grandparents in modern fiction; and other news.
Agents & Editors: Jennifer Joel
Jennifer Joel, whose clients include Chris Cleave, Joe McGinniss Jr., Evan Osnos, and Shonda Rhimes, talks about the difference between selling fiction and nonfiction, what inspires her to go the extra mile for her authors, and what writers should really want out of publishing.
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Reading a Book One Hundred Times, French Bookstore Corners, and More
Writer lore; Tom Wolfe exhibit; English spelling conventions; and other news.
Small Press Points: Fig Tree Books
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the Bedford, New York–based Fig Tree Books, which seeks to support the voices of American Jewish authors, publishing both new titles and rereleases of out-of-print works.
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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 Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant and Reif Larsen’s I Am Radar, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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Grotz Leads Bread Loaf Translators
The director of Bread Loaf’s new Translators’ Conferences talks about how the conference came about, what shape it will take, and what it means to be a translator in today’s literary culture.
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The Telling Room
The increasing success and growth of a nonprofit writing center in Portland, Maine, reflects the incredible importance of storytelling in the lives of youths.
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