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Eight writers receive 2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes; Paris Book Fair canceled due to the pandemic; Claudio Saunt and Andy Horowitz receive 2021 Bancroft Prizes; and other stories.
“Working in a tactile creative form refreshed my approach to making changes in my writing.” —Gina Nutt, author of Night Rooms
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the history of anti-Asian violence; Nawal El Saadawi and Adam Zagajewski have died; Hannah Gold writes about the history of needle exchange advocacy in New York City; and other stories.
The author of Martha Moody recalls the challenge of finding language to describe her body.
Resources and ideas for volunteering, donating, reading, writing, and taking action to support the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
The Association of University Presses analyzes diversity in academic publishing; Voices of Our Nations issues statement on anti-Asian violence; Marvin Heiferman writes about grieving his husband; and other stories.
Roxane Gay situates the Atlanta attacks within history; Cathy Park Hong and Alexander Chee discuss anti-Asian violence and solidarity; the Asian American Writers’ Workshop issues statement in response to attacks; and other stories.
Jeremy Allen explores the history of Greenwich Village in New York City; Sara Batkie reads newly reissued works from three women writers; Roberto Carlos Garcia discusses transforming grief into poetry; and other stories.
Casey Cep writes about the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas; Michael Elias theorizes queerness as a form of haunting; Nuala O’Connor reflects on James Joyce’s love letters; and other stories.
Publishers Weekly checks in with five New England independent presses; Lilly Dancyger recommends waiting for the right book deal; Amineh Abou Kerech discusses transforming her memories of Syria into poetry; and other stories.
