Maya Angelou Documentary, Shirley Jackson’s Revival, and More
Viet Than Nguyen on cultural appropriation; Stephen King’s “singular weirdness”; Authors Guild condemns Google’s “commercial use of expressive authorship”; and other news.
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Eleven-Year-Old #1000BlackGirlBooks Creator Launches Zine, Bettering American Poetry, and More
“Diverse” books are more likely to be banned; the legacy of Henry James; Maggie Nelson on how poetry informs her nonfiction; and other news.
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Celebrating Censored Poetry, Capote’s Ashes, and More
Earnest versus cool prose; how poetry defamiliarizes experience; Adonis on poetry as salvation; and other news.
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The History of Banned Books, Whitman’s Empathy, and More
James Patterson cancels publication of novel The Murder of Stephen King; Lidia Yuknavitch reimagines Joan of Arc; PEN releases report on China’s censorship of foreign journalists; and other news.
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Claudia Rankine Awarded “Genius Grant,” Books on the American Immigrant Experience, and More
New Yorker profiles Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden; a reflection on Langston Hughes’s “I, Too”; Emma Donoghue on Emily Dickinson; and other news.
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A Defense of Young Memoirists, Indie Comics Expo, and More
Robert A. Caro receives National Book Foundation lifetime achievement award; fiction writer Brit Bennett on her debut novel; comic book authors publish book to benefit Orlando victims; and other news.
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Cave Canem Wins National Book Foundation Literarian Award, Search for Lorca’s Grave Resumes, and More
Hilton Als on Edward Albee; Athens named World Book Capital 2018; the lost and found poetry of Misuzu Kaneko; and other news.
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Poets on Video, Writer Saves Work From Burning Home, and More
Louise Glück and James McBride receive National Humanities Medals; poet Elizabeth Alexander on the Museum of African American History and Culture; Carla Hayden sworn in as fourteenth librarian of congress; and other news.
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Mad Men Creator to Release Novel, Kickstarter’s Publishing Power, and More
On New Yorker poetry; serial publication and the collaborative writing process; Lena Dunham named spokesperson for Indies First; and other news.
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Bookselling in the Twenty-First Century, “Instapoet’s” Book Becomes Best-Seller, and More
Machine uses radiation to scan contents of ancient books; Nick Flynn and Roy Scranton on the poetics of war; Jennifer Weiner’s reaction to Oprah’s book club pick; and other news.
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