Michael Pietsch Versus Amazon, Penguin Random House’s New Logo, and More
Open Road acquires Premier's book list; Smith Magazine’s Six-Word Twitter Festival; swearing in an ambassador on an e-reader; and other news.
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Yale Receives Grant for Poetry Chair, Contest Judge on Poetry's "Irrelevance," and More
Illinois legislature revives “Amazon tax”; an open letter to Librarian of Congress James Billington; the state of Washington’s new poet laureate; and other news.
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New Collection Mourns the Loss of David Foster Wallace, Thomas Jefferson's Missing Books, and More
LGBT poetry celebration launches in Washington, D.C.; Scottish physicians consider the mental health of Robert Burns; looking forward to BookCon; and other news.
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Target Announces E-book Partnership, Amy Poehler’s Memoir, and More
Moneyball for books; Hachette responds to Amazon; LeVar Burton kick-starting Reading Rainbow reboot; and other news.
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Maya Angelou Dies at 86, Amazon Breaks Silence on Hachette Dispute, and More
BookExpo America begins amid charges of lack of diversity; Gillian Flynn takes on Hamlet; The Poetry Archive reboots; and other news.
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Write A House Program Accepting Applications, Book Vending Machines, and More
Ways to make Barnes & Noble turn a larger profit; American classics removed from British schools; new fiction by veterans; and other news.
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Lunch Poems Turns Fifty, Amazon’s Latest Strike Against Hachette, and More
A start-up offers free and discounted e-books; the reading habits of the British public; NASA’s free book on communication with extraterrestrials; and other news.
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We Are All Typewriters
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Video producer A. L. Crego juxtaposes two "parallel universes," writing and typing, by swapping their respective spheres of sound—forcing the viewer to experience these common actions in an unfamiliar way and to begin considering the nature of each method of putting words on paper.
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Neil Gaiman Visits Syrian Refugee Camps, Chipotle Overlooks Latino Authors, and More
Natasha Trethewey's term as poet laureate comes to an end; OverDrive partners with Smashwords; Goodreads connects readers with authors; and other news.
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Poetry Through Community Service
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"The power of the word is a doorway." MFA students from Anitoch University in Los Angeles have a unique requirement to do community service as part of their program to enhance the "writing life" of others. PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown takes a look.
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