James Tate’s Last Poem, Hidden Gems of Irish Lit, and More
Shakespeare’s last handwritten manuscript digitized; literary translation quality versus celebrity; HarperCollins to offer discount Mockingbird paperbacks to schools; and other news.
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Writing Blindness, Celebrating Octavia Butler, and More
VIDA staff shares the books that changed their lives; Amazon plans to open San Diego bookstore; Morgan Jerkins on black women writers’ diaries; and other news.
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C. D. Wright Tribute, Linked Collections, and More
Jane Eyre and the invention of the self; a singer’s homage to poet Anna Akhmatova; Ann Beattie on David Markson; and other news.
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Langston Hughes’s Legacy, Translating the Pope, and More
World Book Day; author Ethan Canin on creating emotional endings; recommended writers’ journals; and other news.
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Hachette Buys Perseus, World’s Tiniest Book, and More
Emory University opens Seamus Heaney letters archive to public; rewriting adoption stories; Valley of the Dolls at fifty; and other news.
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Such Great Heights: A Profile of Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard has applied an endless curiosity and formidable intellect to elevate a searching and searing style of prose that has served as an example for generations of writers. A new collection, The Abundance, celebrates her masterful essays.
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C. D. Wright Tribute, Love Letters From Your Writing, and More
Margaret Atwood on the science of humanity; Saeed Jones in conversation with Alexander Chee; love poems that will make you seem sensitive and smart; and other news.
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The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Karan Mahajan reads from his latest novel, The Association of Small Bombs, published in March by Viking.The Association of Small BombsThe bombing, for which Mr. and Mrs. Khurana were not present, was a flat, percussive...
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Idra Novey reads an excerpt from her debut novel, Ways to Disappear, published in February by Little, Brown.
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 Maylis de Kerangal’s latest novel, The Heart, translated from the French by Sam Taylor, and A. Igoni Barrett’s debut novel, Blackass, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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