Literary MagNet: Danielle Lazarin
Fiction writer Danielle Lazarin discusses five journals that have published her short stories, some of which appear in her debut collection, Back Talk, forthcoming from Penguin Books in February.
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Genre: Creative Nonfiction
On Art and Selfishness, the Cat Person Story, and More
University of Texas makes half of Gabriel Garcia Marquez archive publicly available; Publishers Weekly releases its Spring 2018 book preview; Merriam-Webster announces the word of the year; and other news.
Third-Graders Save a Barnes and Noble, Literary Cocktails, and More
Debut novelist Naima Coster on working with an editor of color; Hanif Abdurraqib and Tommy Pico on 2017; a profile of Adam Gopnik; and other news.
André Aciman
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“I write with prose, but I write as a failed poet.” André Aciman speaks about the origins of his writing, working with editors, and teaching Proust with Dennis Glauque and Bing Yang for the Classic Talk series. Aciman’s novel Call Me By Your Name (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) has been adapted into a feature film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet.
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Ishiguro Nobel Lecture, William Gass Has Died, and More
Yale digitizes a collection of Mina Loy’s writing and sketches; finalists for the John Leonard Prize; Carmen Maria Machado on horror; and other news.
Astronauts on Writer’s Block, Lorin Stein Resigns From Paris Review, and More
The ten thousand books banned in Texas prisons; the power of storytelling; the influence of Elizabeth Hardwick; and other news.
I'll Give You My Word
In Literary Hub's piece “137 Writers and the Words They’re Best Known For,” Kaveh Akbar lists responses he received from Twitter when asking for words that readers associate with a writer, those that have become their “signature” word. The pairings include Samuel Coleridge and “albatross,” Ross Gay and “gratitude,” Adrienne Rich and “wreck,” and Rebecca Solnit and “mansplain.” Write a short series of micro essays, each one exploring one word you often use in your own writing or speech. How does your repeated usage reflect a persistent preoccupation, an important memory, or evoke an influential person in your life?
Julie Lekstrom Himes Wins Debut Novel Prize, Writers Share Their Year in Reading, and More
Penguin Random House art director resigns after allegation of sexual harassment; the changing definition of Asian American literature; Christopher Merrill on cultural diplomacy and writing; and other news.
Patti Smith on Writing Today, Bill Gates’s Top Five Books, and More
Knopf publishes Sam Shepard’s last book today; Texas school district bans Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give; a poetry anthology on joy; and other news.
Galway Kinnell’s Poetry, House Built Around a Bookshelf, and More
Christopher Bollen wins Bad Sex in Fiction Award; the crackdown on books in Egypt; new study investigates what makes poems pleasing; and other news.
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