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Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation
The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation's mission is to preserve and interpret the home of the late poet, and to promote literary programs that nurture a passion for the written word. The widely noted...
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Bill Cotter
cotter.bill_credit_leon_alesi-1.jpgWriter Photo Credit: Leon Alesi "I’m not so much interested in things like plot and character and pacing and all that other literary nonsense, but rather the...
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Anthology Booksellers is an independent used-book store specializing in used, out-of-print, and rare books in most fields. Owners Marilyn Stablein, a poet and essayist, and Gary Wilkie, a bookseller...
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Staff A twenty-four-hour bookstore in Beijing; Dylan Thomas Centre to receive grant; Naomi Shihab Nye on reading poetry out loud; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the...
View ArticleGoing it Alone
There are certain events and activities that can feel odd to do alone. Going to the movies, attending a concert, and eating in a restaurant are common things that people would rather do with a buddy....
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"The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike," wrote Paul Monette in Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise. In 1992,...
View ArticleTED Talks to Become Book Series, Philip Roth's Letter to the Editor, and More
Staff Writers at the Atlantic look at writing and marriage; the effects of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s writing on his personal life; the death of Michael Rockefeller; and other news.Page 1This is all the...
View ArticleWhat Fear Can Teach Us
In telling the story of the whaleship Essex, which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820, novelist Karen Thompson Walker (The Age of Miracles) shows how fear...
View ArticleGriffin Prize Shortlist Announced
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry announced the shortlist for its 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize on Tuesday. Two awards of $65,000 CAD (approximately $59,253) each are given annually for poetry...
View ArticleAuthors Guild Appeals Judgment for Google, Amazon Smartphone Out in June, and...
Staff An Alice Munro short story becomes a film; a novelist gains new perspective on her husband’s disappearance; a new book on Barney Rosset; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to...
View ArticleMake Your Soul Grow
When a group of students at New York's Xavier High School wrote to their favorite authors back in 2006, only one responded: Kurt Vonnegut. Dogtooth Films created this video, featuring students at Hove...
View ArticleDonna Tartt, Vijay Seshadri Win Pulitzer Prizes
Today in New York City, the Pulitzer Prize board announced the winners and finalists of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes. Of the twenty-one prize categories, awards in letters are given annually for works...
View ArticleThe Guinness World Record of Book Signing, New York City Celebrates James...
Staff An original Wilfred Owen manuscript on display in England; inside the Manhattan offices of the Paris Review; six successful independent bookstores; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
View ArticleLost at Sea
“O, thou ever restless sea / God’s half-uttered mystery," wrote Albert Laighton in his poem “The Missing Ships” (1878). While significantly fewer ships go missing nowadays, search teams have recently...
View ArticleElmore Leonard’s Detroit, Lee Boudreaux Joins Little, Brown, and More
Staff Green Apple Books saves a San Francisco video store; revisiting the Salman Rushdie fatwa; modeling small businesses after independent booksellers; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
View ArticleRoxane Gay
Author Roxane Gay, who is profiled in the May/June issue of the magazine, and her editor at Grove/Atlantic, Amy Hundley, chat about Gay's new novel, An Untamed State, about a Haitian American woman who...
View ArticlePhobias
What if one day you woke up with a crippling phobia? What if the object of the phobia was something you once loved? This week, incorporate this scenario intoan existing piece of writing, or use it to...
View ArticleLike a Tourist
As the weather gets warmer, more and more people are getting outdoors to do some sightseeing. After all, with the trees budding and flowers perfuming the cool breeze, how could anyone resist a little...
View ArticleApple Loses Again in E-book Battle, Amazon Offers Buyouts to Warehouse...
Staff Novelist Eleanor Catton on writing strategies; why science fiction should be taken seriously; from blog to book; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article....
View ArticleThe Human Library's Many Books
May/June 2014 Amanda Calderon A Danish organization challenges library patrons worldwide to confront prejudices and change perspectives through conversations with “human books.”Page 1This is all the...
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