Agent Advice: Katherine Fausset of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Agent Katherine Fausset answers questions from readers about the agent's role in submitting work to literary magazines and
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Edna St. Vincent Millay's Open House, the Case of Agatha Christie's Jewels, and More
Edna St. Vincent Millay's home in Austerlitz, New York, will be opened to the public; the New York Times reports on the blurring line between plagiarism and "appropration;" Australia's oldest literary festival kicks off this week; a library in Pennsylvania loans Kindles; and other news.
Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Ampersand Books, an independent publisher based in Gulfport, Florida.
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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 Dan Chiasson's Where's the Moon, There's the Moon and Monika Fagerholm's The American Girl, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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Writers Colony Rises From the Ashes
When wildfire tore through Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in the spring of 2004, nearly everything, aside from some tall oak trees, was destroyed. Now, after almost six years of fund-raising, brainstorming, architectural planning, and construction, Dorland is once again welcoming writers.
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3 for Free
In this new feature, we offer a few suggestions for podcasts, smartphone apps, Web tools, newsletters, museum shows, and gallery openings: a medley of literary curiosities that you might enjoy. And if you don't? Quit complaining, they're free.
Digital Digest: Print on Demand Answers E-books
Advancements in print-on-demand technology, such as the Espresso Book Machine, are offering publishers and authors alike new opportunities to bridge the still-pronounced divide between electronic and "tangible" publishing.
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Q&A: Nelson to Descend Soul Mountain
After six years of running Soul Mountain Retreat at her own home in East Haddam, Connecticut, founder and executive director Marilyn Nelson speaks about her experience as she enters her final year at the helm of the unique retreat.
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Our Readers' List of the Most Inspiring Authors in the World
After we sharerd our list of the fifty most inspiring authors in the world, we asked our readers to add their favorites. Culled from the responses on pw.org and our Facebook page, here are the results.
The Written Image: Fallen Books
A look at one of the images from Fallen Books—a collection of photographs from earthquake-rattled libraries, published by the Paris-based independent Onestar Press in 2008—which will be on display at the BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, from March 25 to May 1.
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