Patti Smith Does "Kubla Khan," the Value of Flarf, and More
Booker finalist wins major Canadian prize; Apple's iBookstore opens in Australia; there's an app for e-book autographs; rocker-poet Patti Smith stages "Kubla Khan."
Genre: Not Genre-Specific
Zora Neale Hurston the Detective, Leonardo DiCaprio the Devil, and More
Teens are still reading for pleasure; industry professionals debate ISBN numbers for e-books; Dave Eggers sketches the World Series; Zora Neale Hurston is cast as a young detective in a new novel; and other news.
National Novel Writing Month, Dzanc's eBook Club, and More
Dzanc Books starts an eBook Club; Melbourne's secondhand bookstores; National Novel Writing Month kicks off today; protests at Arundhati Roy's home in Delhi; and other news.
Digital Digest: Writers Rolling Back the Revolution
A look at the retro text editors and Web applications that more and more writers are using to roll back the reach of new media.
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VQR’s Future in Doubt After Tragedy
The Virginia Quarterly Review was rocked by the July 30 suicide of its managing editor, Kevin Morrissey, leaving the award-winning magazine’s future in doubt, as well as that of its editor.
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Inside Indie Bookstores: McNally Jackson Books in New York City
In the sixth installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to New York City to speak with Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books.
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The Written Image: Beyond the Words
Portraits of Henry Miller “as a demon” and Guillaume Apollinaire, two of the thirty pieces featured in Beyond the Words: Author Portraits by Carl Köhler, currently on exhibit at the University of Chicago’s Joseph Regenstein Library.
The New Broom
A survey of professional opinions, including those of the New Yorker's Paul Muldoon and the Southern Review's Jeanne Leiby, about the Paris Review's decision to reject previously accepted poems.
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Introducing the Teachable Lit Mag
The new Lit Mag Adoption Program is designed to introduce journals into creative writing course curricula and engage student writers as readers and members of a national literary community.
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