Literary Inheritances, the Oldest Handwritten Document in Britain, and More
T. S. Eliot’s Poetry Book Society to close; advice for writing serialized fiction; book vending machines arrive in Singapore; and other news.
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Project Empathy: Facing Difficult Material
An accomplished novelist and memoirist offers advice on how to write creative nonfiction with empathy and respect.
Dangerous Writing: Go to Your Battlefield
“By forcing the writer to look at an event that changed her life, she has to come to terms with something that is intimate.” A prolific author and teacher explores the process of facing the deepest, heaviest, and saddest parts of ourselves in order to write our innermost truths.
The Written Image: Last Night's Reading
In her new book, illustrator Kate Gavino—author of the popular Last Night’s Reading blog—brings hundreds of literary readings to life by pairing illustrations of authors with selected quotes from each event.
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Ampersand Extra: Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers
Benjamin Percy, the author of five books, including the novel The Dead Lands, published in April by Grand Central Publishing, wrote and recorded this literary rendition of the Ed Bruce song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be...
Lambda’s San Diego School Initiative
In the LGBTQ Writers in Schools program’s first district-wide partnership, Lambda Literary teams up with the second largest school district in California to bring LGBTQ books and authors to students.
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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.
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After the MFA: Fantasy, Reality, and Lessons Learned
A writer compares what she thought would happen after receiving her MFA with what actually happened, and offers a few practical lessons to writers who may be considering, or who have recently completed, a graduate writing program.
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Where We Write: Kansas
Years after leaving her family farm in Kansas, a memoirist discovers meaning in her work while revisiting the past, and exploring her family’s relationship to the land.
A Q&A With Willie Perdomo
With his new collection of poems, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, Willie Perdomo offers a soulful melody that is as deep and vital and dynamic as the poet’s roots in New York City’s Nuyorican poetry scene.
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