Gigi Rosenberg
Writer and artist coach Gigi Rosenberg performs "My Italian Haircut" at Curious Comedy in Portland, Oregon.http://vimeo.com/88388638
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Claremont Graduate University announced today that Afaa Michael Weaver of Somerville, Massachusetts, has won the annual $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book The Government of Nature...
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In Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes describes the punctum as “that rare detail” in a photograph that strikes the viewer. This week, look through old photographs for a detail that captivates your...
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Poet, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander is profiled in this clip from Brown University, where he is a professor of comparative literature and literary arts.http://vimeo.com/88376616
View ArticleIan McEwan
"There is a distinct difference between reading a novel and reading a novel by someone you know." The author of acclaimed novels such as Atonement, Amsterdam, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach discusses...
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On Teaching and Writing Fiction
Author: Wallace Stegner Penguin 0142001473 2002on-teaching-and-writing-fiction-500x500.jpegEditor Lynn Stegner brings together eight of Wallace Stegner's previously uncollected essays on writing...
View ArticleGigi Rosenberg
Writer and artist coach Gigi Rosenberg performs "My Italian Haircut" at Curious Comedy in Portland, Oregon.http://vimeo.com/88388638
View ArticleWeaver, Harvey Win Tufts Poetry Awards
Claremont Graduate University announced today that Afaa Michael Weaver of Somerville, Massachusetts, has won the annual $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book The Government of Nature...
View ArticleGeorge Saunders’s Beginnings, Instagram’s Anonymous Poet, and More
Staff David Foster Wallace on paper; Afghan women poets in photos and couplets; the dangers of computerized essay evaluation; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the...
View ArticlePhotographs
In Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes describes the punctum as “that rare detail” in a photograph that strikes the viewer. This week, look through old photographs for a detail that captivates your...
View ArticleForrest Gander
Poet, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander is profiled in this clip from Brown University, where he is a professor of comparative literature and literary arts.http://vimeo.com/88376616
View ArticleIan McEwan
"There is a distinct difference between reading a novel and reading a novel by someone you know." The author of acclaimed novels such as Atonement, Amsterdam, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach discusses...
View ArticleFrank Bidart, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
Last night, during a ceremony at the New School in New York City, the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its book awards for publishing year 2013.Scheduled pub date: March 14, 2014...
View ArticleZadie Smith Mourns the Seasons, $6 Million Donated to the New York Public...
Staff A bookstore in East Harlem collects donations for victims of the neighborhood explosion; a new study finds that most Americans use libraries regularly; writers wonder whether happiness has a...
View ArticleBill Knott
"The way the world is not / astonished at you / it doesn’t blink a leaf / when we step from the house / leads me to think / that beauty is natural, unremarkable / and not to be spoken of / except in...
View ArticleWriting Letters
Nina Sankovitch talks about the trove of old letters she found buried in her yard and how they inspired her to write Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Celebrating the Joys of Writing Letters, a book about...
View ArticleLawrence Ferlinghetti to Publish Travel Journals, Anne Frank Book Vandal...
Staff Historians discuss the mystery of 12 Years a Slave author Solomon Northup; a new book looks at the shipping industry; an artist creates a new exhibit out of used books; and other news.Page 1This...
View ArticleForrest Gander
Poet, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander is profiled in this clip from Brown University, where he is a professor of comparative literature and literary arts.http://vimeo.com/88376616
View ArticleIan McEwan
"There is a distinct difference between reading a novel and reading a novel by someone you know." The author of acclaimed novels such as Atonement, Amsterdam, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach discusses...
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