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National Magazine Awards Suspend Fiction Category, New Italian Writing, and More
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A Student Remembers: Saying Good-Bye to Peter Matthiessen
Novelist Elizabeth Kostova pays tribute to her longtime writing mentor, the late National Book Award–winning author Peter Matthiessen.
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C. D. Wright Tribute, Linked Collections, and More
Jane Eyre and the invention of the self; a singer’s homage to poet Anna Akhmatova; Ann Beattie on David Markson; and other news.
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Star Translator Ann Goldstein, Be a Bridge Bard, and More
Iran censors “wine” in books; National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize submissions now open; poet and Omnidawn Publishing cofounder Rusty Morrison talks about her work as an editor and poet; and other news.
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Elegy for Journalist James Foley, in Defense of Amazon, and More
Penguin Random House restructures operations; the lost pulp novel of Gore Vidal; the usefulness of literature; and other news.
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Boston Builds Edgar Allan Poe Statue, Pelican Books to Fly Again, and More
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World Book Night, Gabriel García Márquez's Final Manuscript, and More
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CIA Used Doctor Zhivago as a Weapon, Liberty Media Sells Barnes & Noble Shares, and More
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