Defining Successful Poets, Patient Prose, and More
Screenwriter and director Michael Mann launches publishing imprint; on the “misunderstood” poet Stevie Smith; Qatari poet released from prison; and other news.
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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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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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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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Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Idra Novey reads an excerpt from her debut novel, Ways to Disappear, published in February by Little, Brown.
What Hollywood Owes Writers, Epistolary Novels, and More
National Book Foundation launches program for LGBTQ teens; Tournament of Books brackets posted; Robert Lowell’s complicated relationships with women; and other news.
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Snowstorm Books, Wallace Stegner Novel Adaptation, and More
The endurance of bad similes; Joyce Carol Oates interviewed; former New Republic editor launching new journal with Steve Jobs’s widow; and other news.
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Star Translator Ann Goldstein, Be a Bridge Bard, and More
Iran censors “wine” in books; National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize submissions now open; poet and Omnidawn Publishing cofounder Rusty Morrison talks about her work as an editor and poet; and other news.
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