Ten Questions for Maureen Sun
“My ambition isn’t to write something that lets you shut out the world.” —Maureen Sun, author of The Sisters K
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Craft Capsule: Revising Folktales and Myths
The author of Each of Us Killers shares strategies for reinventing folktales and myths for contemporary times.
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Pulitzer Prize Winners, Acclaimed Novels Adapted Into Plays, and More
Norton launches its first children’s imprint; Susan Orlean’s next book will be a love letter to libraries; a year’s worth of copyrighted works to enter the public domain; and other news.
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Man Booker International Prize Shortlist, Reading as a Migratory Act, and More
Studying poetry under J. D. McClatchy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in a wine cellar; the Restoration’s filthiest poet; and other news.
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Yaa Gyasi on Activism, the Racial Imaginary Institute, and More
Neil Gaiman writes television adaptation of Good Omens; forty-five queer feminist books to read now; the history of inaugural poets; and other news.
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Amazon to Open NYC Bookstore This Year, Book Deserts, and More
Upcoming screen adaptations of popular novels; Medium changes business model and cuts jobs; Central and South American books to read this year; and other news.
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The Deepest Stuff: A Q&A With Susan Orlean
The New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief talks with musician Ben Arthur about her music, inspiration, distraction, adaptation, and her new book about the Los Angeles Public Library fire in 1986.
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Brown Bookshelf Authors Pledge to Support Kids, Solace in Poetry, and More
Zadie Smith’s new novel to be adapted for television; an interview with poet Jericho Brown; fiction writer Garth Greenwell on James Baldwin’s influence; and other news.
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Bob Dylan to Skip Nobel Prize Ceremony, National Book Award Winners, and More
Excerpts from Bad Sex in Fiction award contenders; biography in the age of Twitter; 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel that may have predicted the 2016 election; and other news.
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Women Authors on the Election, Volunteer Opportunities for Writers, and More
The importance of public libraries; director Pablo Larrain on his Pablo Neruda biopic; poet Lynn Melnick on activism and writing; and other news.
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