Tags: poetry
Poetry for Patients and Their Families
The New Jersey-based publisher CavanKerry Press is helping patients and families awaiting medical attention with The Waiting Room Reader, an anthology of poetry and prose distributed for free to hospitals in select states across the country.
The Difference Between Nothing and Nothingness: A Profile of Rae Armantrout
The poetry of Rae Armantrout, whose tenth collection, Just Saying, is out in March 2013 from Wesleyan University Press, shines even more brightly in the shadows.
Jonathan Ames to Adapt Bernard Malamud Stories, Reasons Poetry is Far From Dead, and More
Stephen King has released a Kindle Single; Robert Polito has been named the Poetry Foundation’s new president; Jonathan Ames and actor Jason Schwartzman are working on a film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's Pictures of Fidelman; and other news.
George Saunders Profile, Most Anticipated Books of 2013, and More
Independent bookstores may now sell Kobo tablets; Joel Lovell profiles master storyteller George Saunders in this weekend's New York Times Magazine; H. P. Lovecraft's advice to young writers; and other news.
Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features Argos Books, the Brooklyn, New York–based publisher that sees bookmaking as a community endeavor.