Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture Released, Librarian Saves Lives, and More
Thriller novelist Neil Gordon has died; Yiannopoulos to self-publish memoir on July 4; why fiction writers don’t write about climate change; and other news.
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Craft Capsule: We Get to Make a Mess
Poets and writers share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: the messy art.
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Dr. Seuss Museum, Burgess’s Lost Dictionary of Slang, and More
Hillary Clinton talks books and bookselling at BookExpo America; how City University of New York has become a fertile ground for poetry; Yoojin Grace Wuertz on being a bilingual writer and mother; and other news.
Writers & Books
Writers & Books is a literary center based in Rochester, New York, that features writing classes and workshops for youth and adults, community outreach programs, readings and talks by visiting and regional writers, residency programs at their rural retreat center, an annual Regional Playwriting Competition and citywide reading program, and internships in literary programming and management for high school and college students.
The Spring of Poetry, Newly Discovered Edith Wharton Play, and More
Teenage Syrian refugee shares the books that helped her through times of violence; poet Larry Fagin has died; the fiction titles generating the most buzz at BookExpo; and other news.
Iceland Press Burns Its Books, a New Tolkien Story, and More
Rebecca Solnit imagines Trump’s loneliness; poet Brian Sonia-Wallace on corporate creative writing gigs; John Grisham’s do’s and don’ts for writing popular fiction; and other news.
Parental Territory
“Of course, everyone’s parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory,” Neil Gaiman wrote in Anansi Boys (William Morrow, 2005), a novel about two brothers who are brought together after the death of their father. Think back to an embarrassing parent-child event from your past in which you were either the child or the parent or guardian figure. Write a personal essay that uses this incident as a pivotal point from which to explore the “territory” of your relationship during that particular time. Did this incident have further repercussions? Does the point of view you’ve chosen allow you to sympathize with or find humor in the innocence of youth or the wisdom of age? What does the situation reveal about your specific parent-child relationship and about parent-child relationships more generally?
Let’s Play: Intuition, Imagination, and Black Creativity
A new exhibit at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland celebrates the idea of “fun as a revolutionary event” and explores AfroSurreal notions of intuition and imagination.
The Make Space Campaign, Poet in Portland Attack, and More
Politics and Prose Bookstore to open second store in D.C.; recommendations for books to read aloud; Jennifer Egan on her days as a private secretary to a countess; and other news.
Muldoon’s Picnic
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Paul Muldoon speaks with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown about “Muldoon’s Picnic,” a monthly show held at the Irish Arts Center in New York featuring music, storytelling, and poetry.
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