A Pair of Presses Join Poetic Forces
Portland, Oregon-based Octopus Books and Tin House Books join forces to collaborate on a new poetry series that carves out a space for a new audience and invigorates the city's poetry community.
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From the Magazine
A Crucial Collaboration: Reader-Writer-Character-Book
Character calls forth writer. Writer calls forth reader. It seems straightforward—but is it? Novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki explores the relationships embedded in every novel and work of fiction.
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New J. D. Salinger Letters, Neil Gaiman's Author Advice, and More
Truman Capote's marked-up Breakfast at Tiffany's manuscript is up for auction; Colorado-based Mud Luscious Press has shuttered; Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald has been named publicity director for McSweeney’s; and other news.
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In Difficult Moments People Reach for Poetry, Recording of Flannery O’Connor Essay, and More
Novelist Chuck Palahniuk recently reminded fans that Fight Club was originally a failure; a lawmaker in West Virginia has proposed a bill to make science fiction compulsory reading in schools; recent Pulitzer winner Sharon Olds composed a poem after a Vogue photo shoot; and other news.
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Saving Venice's Bookshops, Ben Dolnick's Writing Tricks, and More
A free app to help navigate the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books; authors in Venice, Italy, have mobilized to save the city's bookshops; novelist Ben Dolnick reveals the writing tricks he's used and ones he's discarded; and other news.
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Authors Discuss Boston Marathon Tragic Bombing, Walter Benjamin’s Tips for Writers, and More
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, authors share their thoughts, including Susan Orlean, Jill Lepore, and Dan Chiasson; Jeva Lange details her quest for Melville's Moby-Dick at the 2013 New York Antiquarian Book Fair; essayist Walter Benjamin's thirteen tips for writers; and other news.
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The Calm Before the Calm: Silence and the Creative Writer
Novelist Daphne Kalotay argues the merits of silence, even when it follows the publication of an author’s book.
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Actor B. J. Novak Lands Seven-Figure Book Deal, Go the F**k to Sleep Movie, and More
The Los Angeles Times reports e-books helped increase overall United States book sales; David Haglund explains the fabricated claim that Dostoevsky met with Charles Dickens; Wendy Francis pens a letter to an aspiring author; and other news.
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New York City Pays for Destroyed OWS Library, Mary Jo Bang on the Tetris Effect, and More
Joshua Henkin reveals the most vulnerable moments in a man’s life; Mary Jo Bang explains the Tetris Effect; eight collages of poet Bill Knott's rejection letters; and other news.
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