Obama’s Essential Reads, Ruth Ellen Kocher on Racial Performance, and More
On writing centers in homeless shelters; Christopher Marlowe given Shakespeare coauthor credit; literary blog HTML Giant returns after two-year hiatus; and other news.
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The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett reads from her first novel, The Mothers, published in October by Riverhead Books.
from The Mothers
In the darkness of the club, you could be alone with your grief. Her father had flung himself into Upper...
and then we became by devorah major
devorah major reads three poems from her new collection, and then we became, published in November by City Lights Publishers.
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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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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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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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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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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Saving Langston Hughes’s Home, World’s Most Mysterious Book, and More
Poet Yona Harvey on writing for Marvel Comics; publishers react to recent firing of Barnes & Noble CEO; fiction writer Leopoldine Core on voyeurism and obsession; and other news.
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