New Republic for Sale, David Bowie’s Reading List, and More
A day in the life of a bookmobile librarian; Brenda Hillman named Academy of American Poets chancellor; Emma Watson’s feminist book club; and other news.
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Short Story Vending Machines, Writers Who Run, and More
Value of first editions of twentieth-century classics increases; Roland Barthes at one hundred; “experimental” Millennial bookstore to open in London; and other news.
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AWP Under Fire, Ferrante Fever, and More
The turmoil behind Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman; on marriage, writing, and Clarice Lispector; the total weirdness of the book tour; and other news.
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Growing a Literary Garden, the Art of the Sex Scene, and More
What to read in the dog days of summer; libraries on bikes; a children's book that induces hypnosis; and other news.
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Story Collection as Form: Building a Book of Short Fiction
How does a story collection happen? Justin Taylor, the author of two short story collections, offers advice about the various ways in which to build a book of short fiction.
In the Country by Mia Alvar
Mia Alvar reads an excerpt from her debut story collection, In the Country, published in June by Knopf.
Legends of the White Lady
If you are beautiful and broke, one place left for you is Asia. Usually when I ran out of...
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
Kelly Link reads an excerpt of the story "Light" from her latest collection, Get in Trouble, published in February by Random House.
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two men, one raised by wolves
The man at the bar on...
Indie Editor Roundtable: Washington, D.C. 2014
Melissa Faliveno, associate editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, talks with the editors of five independent presses about the kind of work they look to publish, the relationships they cultivate with their authors, and the balance between...
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.
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Nora Ephron's Celebrity Influence, the Potential Perils of Seeking Out Your Critic, and More
Lemony Snicket leads an independent bookstore initiative; Tom Hanks is published in the New Yorker; horror fiction examined; and other news.
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