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World’s First Door-to-Door Poet, Ferrante’s Bad Book Covers, and More
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Mislabeled a Memoirist, Writers on Immigration, and More
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Reginald Dwayne Betts on Poetry and Law, Stephen King’s Mixtape, and More
Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology; breaking taboos and loving the characters we fear; twelve essential American books; and other news.
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School Named for Poet Maya Angelou, Mysticism Library Goes Digital, and More
Apple begins its e-book refund distribution today; untranslated Spanish novel recommendations; how fiction can expose more than memoir; and other news.
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America Reads Exhibit, Women Crime Novelists, and More
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Graywolf Launches Galley Club, YALDA Champions Young Women Writers, and More
Prominent literary translator Gregory Rabassa has died; fiction writer Dorthe Nors on her formal experimentation; strange work habits of famous authors; and other news.
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First Fiction 2016
In our sixteenth annual First Fiction roundup, five debut authors—Yaa Gyasi, Masande Ntshanga, Rumaan Alam, Maryse Meijer, and Imbolo Mbue—discuss their first books. Introduced by Angela Flournoy, Naomi Jackson, Emma Straub, Lindsay Hunter, and Christina Baker Kline. Read exclusive excerpts and original recordings from each of the debut authors.
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