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Hamilton’s song lyric algorithm; pairing books and film; poet Ocean Vuong on writing from the perspective of the “damned viewer”; and other news.
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A Room of One’s Own Bookstore for Sale, Funny Books, and More
Writers’ day jobs; plagiarism in self-publishing; travel writer Geoff Dyer on “awe fatigue”; and other news.
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Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Board, Emoji Bible, and More
The lost art of memorizing poetry; Louise Erdrich on her new novel; American Psycho adaptation to close on Broadway; and other news.
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Seattle Tops Well-Read Cities List, Thin-Slice Historical Fiction, and More
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Big-Name Authors Venture Into Comics, Against Adverbs, and More
Man Booker winner Han Kang on Korean literature and translation; Gabriel García Márquez’s ashes returned to Colombia; an interview with Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich; and other news
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The Emergency Poet, Mary Gaitskill on Endings, and More
Allegory versus metaphor; the aphorism’s long history; Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo on the value of poetry; and other news.
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Emily Dickinson’s Gardens, Pablo Neruda Film, and More
Geek Love author Katherine Dunn has died; Lydia Davis on translation; Greek poets on the future of the arts in their country; and other news.
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Notable Cult Books, Uganda’s Mobile Library, and More
May writer horoscopes; Barnes & Noble’s Leonard Riggio on retirement and the future of bookstores; an interview with poet Cole Swenson; and other news.
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Word Aversion, the Brain’s Language Atlas, and More
Antioch Review’s transgender article debate; Ta-Nehesi Coates to publish fiction book; Louise Erdrich discusses her new novel; and other news.
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Algorithm Selects Book to Publish, Bookslut’s Final Issue, and More
Shelfie app partners with U.S. bookstore; Ruth Ozeki on embodied writing; on avoiding childbirth scenes in fiction; and other news.
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