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Family Books in Los Angeles closes storefront; Molly McGhee writes about how America profits off the dead; Torrey Peters seeks to be “open to beauty’s true power”; and other stories.
Three poems by Palestinian writer Maya Abu-Alhayyat; Brenda Peynado explains her affinity for fabulism; Kristen Radtke reflects on American loneliness; and other stories.
Ben Philippe considers the “light trauma of having been the Black friend in white spaces”; art imitates life in Jim Shepard’s new book; Valerie Stivers tries her hand at a historical novel’s puddings; and other stories.
Simon & Schuster donates to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation to honor the memory of Carolyn Reidy; Tao Lin of Muumuu House gathers remembrances of Giancarlo DiTrapano; Arya Roshanian celebrates Jhumpa Lahiri’s ever-evolving career; and other stories.
New fellowship program to offer thirty $25,000 grants to Puerto Rican writers; n+1 announces the winner of its inaugural Anthony Veasna So Fiction Prize; Anmol Irfan writes about the limits placed on writers of color; and other stories.
HarperCollins officially acquires Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division; Black Privilege Publishing releases first title; former publishing executive Richard Warren Baron has died; and other stories.
Six poets share new work at the Guardian; fiction writer Manzoor Ahtesham has died of coronavirus; Madeleine Watts shares a pain scale writing exercise; and other stories.
Applications open for pandemic aid for disabled artists; Eileen Myles reflects on photographs by Moyra Davey and Peter Hujar; Clint Smith talks about his revision process; and other stories.
Jeffrey Boakye writes about claiming his identity as a Black writer; Liese Mayer leaves Bloomsbury to work as freelance editor; Anjali Enjeti discusses the intergenerational trauma of Partition; and other stories.
Scaachi Koul reflects on meeting Jhumpa Lahiri; Han Zhang writes on the poetic legacy of Yi Lei; Alison Bechdel discusses the arc of her career; and other stories.
