Bloomsday, John Grisham’s Thriller About the Literary World, and More
Book industry sales fell in 2016; the canonical status of Virginia Woolf; Milkweed Editions launches poetry prize to honor late Max Ritvo; and other news.
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You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
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“I was not at my mother’s side when she took her last breath.” Sherman Alexie reads from his debut memoir, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (Little, Brown, 2017), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Man Booker International Prize Announced, Climate Fiction, and More
British kids coin more than a hundred Trump-related words; the many adaptations and influences of Orwell’s 1984; Tommy Pico talks poetry and podcasting; and other news.
Writing to Reach You
“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?” Some of the first and most influential relationships in our lives are with those in our biological or chosen family. Yet, it is not always easy to tell our loved ones what we are feeling in the moment. Write an epistolary, lyric essay that is addressed to a particular family member and that reflects on your relationship with that person. For inspiration, read more from “A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read” by Ocean Vuong.
Tracy K. Smith Named U.S. Poet Laureate, Rebuilding the Mosul Library, and More
Victor LaValle on the value of horror writing; artist Ekaterina Panikanova makes large-scale ink paintings on vintage books; the importance of literary and political criticism for a healthy democracy; and other news.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One offers the first lines of a dozen new and noteworthy books, including Roxane Gay’s Hunger and Julia Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer.
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Small Press Points: Aunt Lute Books
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the San Francisco–based feminist press Aunt Lute Books.
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Craft Capsule: On Endings
Poets and writers share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: Is anything ever really over?
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Doctor Who Free Library, Lammy Award Winners, and More
Charles Simic on the empathy and legacy of Philip Levine; J. K. Rowling and James Patterson among top ten highest-paid celebrities last year; Mamamia podcast with Roxane Gay sparks outrage; and other news.
The Poetic Outlook, Community-Supported Bookstores, and More
Forward Prizes announce shortlists; the next generation of queer writers; a history of Russian literature; and other news.
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