Martin Scorsese’s NYRB Documentary, Literary Heirs of James Joyce, and More

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
2.3.14

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:

Auteur director Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about the New York Review of Books will be shown as a work-in-progress at the Berlin Film Festival’s Berlinale. (Variety)

The New Yorker speaks with Zadie Smith about her story in this week’s issue, “Moonlit Landscape With Bridge.”

In the New York Times, authors Rivka Galchen and Pankaj Mishra discuss the contemporary heirs of the innovative modernist James Joyce.

Apple could face $840 million in antitrust claims as a result of the e-book price-fixing trial. (GalleyCat)

“Even when we’ve found what we have been looking for, we realize that what we want is more.” Writing from Slovakia, cultural critic Juan Vidal considers the life and work of Thomas Merton. (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Alison Peters rounds up a few of California’s literary sites, including Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen and Monterey Bay’s Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck. (Book Riot)

The Los Angeles Times takes a peek inside the second annual L.A. Art Book Fair, which began this past Thursday night at the Museum of Contemporary Art.