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The Deeper Mind: A Profile of Marilynne Robinson
Her new book of essays, The Givenness of Things, is further proof that Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is writing with an entirely different level of intellectual and creative rigor.
What Is Written for You: From Starvation to Salvation in Bulgaria
An American expat details her experience as a translator of Bulgarian literature.
AWP Under Fire, Ferrante Fever, and More
The turmoil behind Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman; on marriage, writing, and Clarice Lispector; the total weirdness of the book tour; and other news.
Once Something Is Said: A Profile of Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie’s rise to literary stardom in the 1970s prompted readers and critics alike to anoint her as the voice of a generation, but her nineteenth book, The State We’re In: Maine Stories, published in August by Scribner, proves again that her powerful fiction has a timeless appeal.
Submission Blitz: Finding Courage at a Writers Conference
In response to the pervasive gender disparity in publishing, the Los Angeles–based group Women Who Submit encourages women writers to gather together and submit their work to magazines, and to celebrate the often intimidating process of sending work out into the world.
All About Skin Resists Singular Story
A new anthology of short fiction from the University of Wisconsin Press explores the breadth of stories that women of color have to tell.
The History of American Reading Culture, Alan Moore Drafts Novel Over a Million Words Long, and More
The New York Times launches new best-seller lists; Lena Dunham’s forthcoming memoir; The Great Gatsby, tweet by tweet; and other news.
McCabe on the Rona Jaffe Awards
The director of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Awards discusses the program’s twenty-year effort to support emerging women writers.
Apple Acquires BookLamp, Yaddo Receives Landmark Status, and More
Simon & Schuster partners with Regan Arts; early J. D. Salinger stories republished; Oakland couple creates new space for poetry; and other news.