On Not Reading, Roald Dahl Day, and More
Lionel Shriver’s remarks spark backlash at Australian book fest; Kazim Ali on interdisciplinary approaches to writing; Man Booker shortlist announced; and other news.
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National Magazine Awards Suspend Fiction Category, New Italian Writing, and More
OED adds Roald Dahl coinages to celebrate author’s centenary; speaking with the unofficial poet laureate of Twitter; David Foster Wallace eight years after his death; and other news.
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Five Teens Named National Student Poets, Banned Books Scavenger Hunt, and More
Jail time for overdue library books; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. leads fundraising campaign to save James Baldwin’s home; American novels and individualism; and other news.
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Lost Fitzgerald Stories to be Published, International Literacy Day, and More
On misattributing phrases to Shakespeare; poets Wendy Xu and Anaïs Duplan on constructing narratives; a professional book critic’s love of Amazon reviews; and other news.
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Nuyorican Poets Café Expands, Nader’s Bookstore, and More
New study shows Americans prefer print books to e-books; Italian teens receive €500 cultural vouchers; Jonathan Safran Foer on his new novel; and other news.
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Chicago Indies Respond to Amazon Books, Counterpoint Merges With Catapult, and More
The Deaf Poets Society launches crowd-funding campaign; teen science and tech program incorporates science fiction into workshops; Margaret Atwood discusses her forthcoming graphic novel; and other news.
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The Writing Life in Mexico City, Amazon to Open Chicago Bookstore, and More
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author sued by Hachette; how a contemporary poetry book became a best-seller; Lena Dunham to publish short story collection; and other news.
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Subway Reads, the Linguistics of Clickbait, and More
PEN launches event series for Muslim American writers; Gene Wilder’s literary works; Cairo court upholds Egyptian writer’s prison sentence; and other news.
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Ancient Library Rivalries, Book on the Rail, and More
Google returns Dennis Cooper’s blog; Ian McEwan on writing his seventeenth novel; the “Nu-Audacity” school of poetry; and other news.
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Cuban Science Fiction, Thomas Mann’s House for Sale, and More
Frank Ocean’s literary aesthetic; beautiful libraries around the world; books in translation by women; and other news.
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