Q&A: Halpern's Enduring Poetry Series
On the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of the National Poetry Series, Halpern speaks about both its history and its future.
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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 Isotope, Gigantic, Bombay Gin, Ploughshares, the Harvard Review, and Prairie Schooner.
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Worst Opening Sentence Contest Winner, a New Queens Poet Laureate, and More
Google partners with indie booksellers; the grand-prize winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is announced; Muse Books in Florida celebrates thirty years; the rise of Dalit lit; and other news.
J. M. Coetzee Rocks the House, Harper Lee Grants Rare Interview, and More
J. M. Coetzee makes a rare public appearance in England; Jeff Bezos discusses the future of the book with Fortune; Harper Lee grants her first interview in four years; Barnes & Noble has a banner fiscal year; and other news.
Neurotic Vampires, Eighty-two-year-old Grandmother Lands Three-book Deal, and More
Yet another alternative "twenty under forty" list is released, this time by Dzanc Books; the Independent laments today's "needy, neurotic" vampires; Gertrude Stein's poetry is letterpressed onto dresses in San Francisco; a Welsh grandmother publishes her debut novel at age eighty-two; and other news.
PEN's New Reading Group, General McChrystal's Short Stories, and More
PEN American Center launches a new online reading group; Rhode Island's state poem proposal is nixed; General Stanley McChrystal wrote fiction and was the editor of West Point's literary magazine; the iPhone 4 draws the usual crowds; and other news.
The Paris Review's New Poetry Editor, Wimbledon's Unorthodox Poet, and More
A rare collection of William Faulkner books sells for a lot of money at auction; Robyn Cresswell has been appointed poetry editor of the Paris Review; the fourth Shakespeare and Company literary festival took place in Paris this weekend; Borders launches an iPhone app; and other news.
Eat, Pray, Furnish; Moscow's Dostoevsky Station; and More
The new Dostoyevsky metro station in Moscow might be a little grim; the Eat, Pray, Love film adaptation is due in August with a host of product tie-ins; Apple sells its three millionth iPad; Andrew Phillips is named president of Penguin International; and other news.
E-reader Price War Heats Up, the World's Biggest Publishers, and More
John Updike's typwriter is up for auction; a price war heats up in the e-reader market; Publishers Weekly ranks the world's biggest publishers; after six years the Google Books settlement still has no end in sight; and other news.
Kunitz Childhood Home Now Literary Landmark, Hill Wins Oxford in Landslide, and More
The Salinger estate attempts to fend off Hollywood; Geoffrey Hill wins the Oxford post in a landslide; the childhood home of Stanley Kunitz is made a Literary Landmark; the New York Times takes a sneak peek into John Updike's archives; and other news.
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