52 Ideas for an Inspired New Year
From albums and movies to naps and snacks, a series of suggestions from fifty-two authors on how to help keep your creativity flowing throughout the year.
Tags: craft
Polite Need Not Apply: A Q&A With Mary Gaitskill
“There are very few rules that can’t be broken,” says the author of six books of fiction and one essay collection in this wide-ranging interview.
Tags:
Emily Dickinson and the Power of Language, Poetry of Politics and Place, and More
Library of Congress launches web portal to explore its digital collections; Milkweed Editions to publish the late Max Ritvo’s second book; Barnes & Noble donates to hurricane-affected areas; and other news.
Tags:
Jane Austen’s Word Choices, New Maurice Sendak Book Discovered, and More
Library designs for the future; National Book Foundation combats “book deserts”; the most anthologized stories of all time; and other news.
Tags:
Craft Capsule: The Art of Targeted Revision
Poets and writers share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: assigning clear and objective tasks during the revision process.
Tags:
Swimming to the End: A (Plot) Twist in the River
A precarious attempt to swim across the Hudson River helps a fiction writer explore the pathways of plot—through shifting currents, pain and exhaustion, and an unanticipated twist.
H. G. Wells Story Published for First Time, Celebrating Indie Bookstores, and More
Poetry books to gift this holiday season; Anne Frank poem sells for $148,000; feminist InstaPoets; and other news.
Tags:
Emma Watson Hides Feminist Books on London Underground, Bibliotherapy’s Paradox, and More
NaNoWriMo advice; contemporary novelists on recreating the the 1980s; Murakami on embracing one’s inner darkness; and other news.
Tags:
The Dancers Who Influence Zadie Smith, National Authors Day, and more.
Witches as bodily translations of fear; Fanny Howe on religion and race; a tour of Marlon James’s Minneapolis loft; and other news.
Tags:
Jonathan Lethem on Kafka, Saving Book Stacks in University Libraries, and More
Kurt Vonnegut once called Bob Dylan the “worst poet alive”; comedy writers teach Google’s A.I. how to tell jokes; the original vampire novel; and other news.
Tags:
Pages
