Writers React to Donald Trump, Book Trade “Dismayed” Over Election, and More
Science fiction novels with a political bent; literary podcasts; former National Book Award judge argues against the awards’ recent changes; and other news.
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Writers on the Election, Whitman’s Descendants, and More
Little Free Library celebrates fifty thousand locations; researchers create algorithm for machine to determine a book’s genre by its cover; poet Jim Harrison’s final interview; and other news.
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United Arab Emirates’ New Reading Law, Anne Frank Poem Goes to Auction, and More
The challenges of digitizing ancient manuscripts; an interview with Alexandra Kleeman; U.K. students who write outside of school in decline; and other news.
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Vivian Gornick on Elena Ferrante, City Lights Hosts Dada World Fair, and More
James Merrill House designated National Landmark; a profile of BuzzFeed’s Saeed Jones; ten books to read in November; and other news.
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International Ghost Stories, Man Booker Winner Paul Beatty on History, and More
On the experiments that inspired T. C. Boyle’s new novel; the oldest continuously running bookstore in America; U.K. study finds school-age boys read “less thoroughly” than girls; and other news.
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Susan Hill on Horror Fiction, Anne Carson’s New Collection, and More
John Irving and Nathan Hill in conversation; Swedish Academy member calls Bob Dylan’s silence over his Nobel Prize win “impolite and arrogant”; poet Lucia Perillo has died at age fifty-eight; and other news.
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New J. R. R. Tolkien Book to be Published Next Year, #TrumpBookReport, and More
French poet Paul Verlaine’s gun goes to auction; Nine Dots Prize offers $100,000 for a yet-to-be-written book; Ben Fountain on the film adaptation of his award-winning novel; and other news.
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Claudia Rankine to Fund Racial Imaginary Institute, Sleep at Dracula’s Castle, and More
Janitor-turned-writer Thom Jones has died; five writers on their new books; best-selling authors release short digital “singles” in advance of their novels; and other news.
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Good Sex in Fiction Award, Artist Reimagines W. B. Yeats Play, and More
Tom Wolfe novel adapted as miniseries without his knowledge; Margaret Atwood on Trump supporters and her fictional dystopias; Man Booker winner László Krasznahorkai on various notions of “home”; and other news.
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Truth and Imagination: A Profile of Michael Chabon
In a new novel, Moonglow, the first since the best-selling Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon spins a magical family narrative that is as grand and mysterious as the literary form in which he presents it.
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