Colum McCann Assaulted, Burt Reynolds’s Memoir, and More
Mira Jacob remembers her first job; Edan Lepucki’s windfall; Charles Simic’s soccer addiction; and other news.
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From the Magazine
Lisa Lucas Named Guernica Publisher, Warner Bros. Seeks Lawsuit Dismissal, and More
Booksellers launch drive for immigrant children; Middle Eastern entrepreneur hawks banned books; student discovers lost photograph of Alfred Lord Tennyson; and other news.
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France's Anti-Amazon Law, Raymond Chandler’s Hollywood Star, and More
Book sales down slightly in 2013; a 1996 radio interview with David Foster Wallace; Judy Blume’s novel for adults; and other news.
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Barnes & Noble Splits From Nook, Simon & Schuster Opens E-book Lending to all Libraries, and More
Walt Whitman first edition sells for record amount; in defense of attractive writers; portraits of Kurt Vonnegut; and other news.
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First Fiction 2014
For our fourteenth annual roundup of the summer’s best debut fiction, we asked five established authors—Maggie Shipstead, Victor LaValle, Ru Freeman, Chad Harbach, and Amanda Eyre Ward—to introduce this year’s group of talented debut authors: Courtney Maum, Scott Cheshire, Celeste Ng, Yelena Akhtiorskaya, and Mira Jacob.
Three Arrested in Spain for Illegal Book Scanning, Newly Discovered P. L. Travers Story, and More
A Hachette negotiator speaks out; Jennifer Weiner’s take on smiling authors; Gordon Lish at eighty; and other news.
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Small Press Points: Augury Books
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features Augury Books, an independent poetry press based in New York City that recently expanded to include story collections and nonfiction books to its catalogue.
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2014 First Fiction Sampler
Read exclusive excerpts from the novels and story collections of debut fiction writers Courtney Maum, Scott Cheshire, Celeste Ng, Yelena Akhtiorskaya, and Mira Jacob.
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The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai reads an excerpt from her novel The Hundred-Year House, forthcoming in July from Viking.
For a ghost story, the tale of Violet Saville Devohr was vague and underwhelming. She had lived, she was unhappy, and she...
Amazon Warehouses Investigated Following Fatalities, New App Plays With Ulysses, and More
Librarians convene in Las Vegas; Elin Hilderbrand battles breast cancer; Smashwords adds daily sales feature; and other news.
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