Obama’s Essential Reads, Ruth Ellen Kocher on Racial Performance, and More
On writing centers in homeless shelters; Christopher Marlowe given Shakespeare coauthor credit; literary blog HTML Giant returns after two-year hiatus; and other news.
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Reviewers & Critics: Michael Schaub
The latest installment of Reviewers & Critics features Michael Schaub, an incisive—and hilarious—literary critic and former Bookslut contributor.
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AWP Under Fire, Ferrante Fever, and More
The turmoil behind Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman; on marriage, writing, and Clarice Lispector; the total weirdness of the book tour; and other news.
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The Savvy Self-Publisher: San Francisco 2015
Publishing veteran Debra Englander gives an overview of the self-publishing process, followed by a conversation with literary agent Ted Weinstein—who represents Keith Devlin, NPR's Math Guy and author of numerous traditionally published books as...
Finding Your Muse, On Not Writing, and More
Stephen King announces fall book tour; 3-D children's books for the visually impaired; in defense of Comic Sans; and other news.
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The Secret Life of Elena Ferrante, New York's Floating Library, and More
The long road to publishing Laura Ingalls Wilder's Pioneer Girl; a library with no books; the relationship between writing and fishing; and other news.
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Literary Twitter, Author Selfies, and More
The Millions rounds up the best literary tweets on Twitter; Flavorwire showcases twelve author selfies; Dana Stevens and Francine Prose discuss how a story’s classic marriage plot holds up; and other news.
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Craig Morgan Teicher on Richard Howard, Commercial Poetry, and More
The Poetry Off the Shelf podcast includes a discussion of Apple’s new iPad commercial, which features the poetry of Walt Whitman; Seattle’s city council voted yesterday in support of an UNESCO City of Literature; Peter Schjeldahl talks about the enigmatic William S. Burroughs; and other news.
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The Strand Breaks Sales Record, Nova Ren Suma on Wrangling Self-Doubt, and More
Nova Ren Suma offers techniques to stave off self-doubt; the Strand Book Store broke its all-time sales record this Christmas; the Guardian charts the United Kingdom’s top-selling books of 2013; and other news.
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MacKenzie Bezos’s One-Star Amazon Review, Salinger’s Writing Advice, and More
MacKenzie Bezos—wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos—posted a one-star review of Brad Stone’s The Everything Store; Mariel Hemingway revealed that her family didn’t speak of her grandfather Ernest’s suicide; Dr. George Walkden argues that the opening of Beowulf has been misconstrued for hundreds of years; and other news.
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