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Indie Editor Roundtable: Washington, D.C. 2014
Editors & Authors: Washington, D.C. 2014
Borges’s Radio Dialogues, Samuel Johnson Nonfiction Prize Announced, and More
Lena Dunham apologizes for memoir controversy; fan fiction’s six-figure publishing deals; “books that inspired the world”; and other news.
92nd Street Y at Seventy-Five, Malcolm Lowry’s Lost Manuscript, and More
Authors to auction off character names for charity; Halloween costumes of famous authors; post-apocalyptic novels; and other news.
Byron’s Modern Vampire, Postmodernism for Children, and More
Dundee International Book Prize winner announced; Dylan Thomas’s reputation in Wales; Maryland bookstore donates to international charities; and other news.
The Politics of the Lyric Poem, the World’s Weirdest Bookshops, and More
Rushdie shares PEN Pinter Award with imprisoned Syrian activist; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano and his work; little-known punctuation marks; and other news.
Lost Truman Capote Stories, Chinese Poet Wang Zang Detained by Police, and More
French novelist Patrick Modiano wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature; Billy Collins on poetry and leadership; Twin Cities–based bookstore to close; and other news.
Dallas High School Bans Books, the Problem with Sentimentality, and More
John Green campaigns for clean water in Ethiopia; J. R. R. Tolkein’s poem that inspired The Lord of the Rings; the inaugural Slate/Whiting Second Novel List; and other news.
Hilary Mantel’s Controversial New Short Story, the Slow Reading Movement, and More
A marathon Dylan Thomas reading; forthcoming books on ISIS; the debate about young adult fiction; and other news.