New Library Literacy Programs, Steven Pinker’s Sense of (Writing) Style, and More
Autobiographical fiction; What to Read Awards; thriving indie bookstores; and other news.
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Poet Tomaž Šalamun Has Died, Questions for Librarians, and More
Literary magazines’ staying power; Amazon upsets authors again; Biographile's craft essay series; and other news.
Hurston/Wright Foundation Celebrates
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"At the Hurston/Wright Foundation we don't believe the glass is half empty or half full, we believe that it is always overflowing—with ideas, with vision, and inspiration to serve black writers." President emeritus and cofounder Marita Golden introduces honorees at the thirteenth annual Legacy Awards. Golden speaks about the organization in the new issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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PEN American Center’s Sony Protest, Chaucer on Twitter, and More
Kenneth Goldsmith’s course on time wasting; e-readers found to disrupt sleep; Booktrack app hits one million users; and other news.
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes’s Courtship, Writers on Writing, and More
Celebrity memoir sales slow; the best of “best-of” lists; Merriam-Webster’s word of the year; and other news.
Literacy Charities, World’s Greatest Storytellers, and More
Painters and poets of the New York School; the year of the essay; active reading; and other news.
Expensive Book Bids, a Push for Libraries to Emulate Coffee Shops, and More
Joseph Brodsky’s commencement speech; chapbooks over greeting cards; beyond the Bechdel Test; and other news.
The Prince of Poets, Handwriting Advocacy, and More
Too many hyphens; responding to critics; the year’s best sentences; and other news.
Small Press Points: Manic D Press
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the San Francisco–based Manic D Press, which publishes a broad array of books by authors who would otherwise be, as editor Jennifer Joseph says, “shunned by the traditional publishing establishment for their lack of commercial viability.”
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The Written Image: Sorted Books
In her Sorted Books project, Nina Katchadourian arranges books from libraries—including William S. Burroughs’s personal collection, as well as those housed in museums and galleries across the country, to find a kind of poetry in the spines.
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