Dani Shapiro on Memoir in the Digital Age, the Importance of Independent...
Staff Amazon responds to German authors' protest; the most powerful man in publishing; J. K. Rowling pens a new short story set in the Harry Potter universe; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
View ArticleLove Story
Usually if someone's in love, they know it. Love is an all-encompassing emotion, often casting a person's life in a pleasant, rosy glow. But as with most emotions, love can be confusing. This week,...
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The Written Image: Matthea Harvey’s If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
September/October 2014 Staff Harvey’s newest collection from Graywolf Press—which features the author’s visual art alongside new poetry—reveals both her visual and verbal imaginings. Article...
View ArticleMFA Programs
Staff September/October 2014Detailed information on 135 full- and low-residency graduate programs in creative writing.
View Article0s&1s Reinvents E-book Publishing
September/October 2014 Rachel Lieff Axelbank As a digital publisher and distributor of e-books from small presses like Black Balloon, Curbside Splendor, and Tin House Books, 0s&1s Novels is...
View ArticleWinter in the Blood
This forthcoming film by Alex and Andrew Smith is based on the James Welch novel of the same title, published by Harper & Row in 1974. Author, poet, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie serves as the...
View ArticleLaura Ingalls Wilder Memoir to be Published This Fall, Teju Cole on Race in...
Staff Iranian poet and activist Simin Behbahani dies; the case for laughter in literature; what editors read; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day...
View ArticleMeredith Kaffel of DeFiore & Company
Is there a fee for working with agents or do they get part of the commission from the book sales?There is no fee. We only make money when our clients make money. The standard agent commission is 15...
View ArticleClimbing
Climbing is an exercise that's both exhilarating and exhausting. This week think of the highest you've ever climbed. It could have been a ladder to your childhood tree house or Mount Kilimanjaro. Were...
View ArticleWhat Is a Pre-First Edition?
Book collectors and enthusiasts are always on the hunt for the elusive first edition of a book. AbeBooks explains the even rarer forms of editions that come before and are not often seen by the...
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Elissa Washuta
washuta_110.jpg“Over the last seven years, as I have worked to write and revise my first book and then claw a second one out of my gut, I’ve heard too many times that any successful writing practice...
View ArticleFerguson Library Acts as Refuge, Writing as the Other in MFA Programs, and More
Staff Rivka Galchen and Zoë Heller on whether writing can be taught; Germany's culture and media minister backs authors against Amazon; Amanda Palmer's new memoir; and other news.Page 1This is all the...
View ArticleDeadline Approaches for Oregon Book Awards
Submissions are open for the twenty-seventh annual Oregon Book Awards, sponsored by the Portland-based nonprofit Literary Arts. The annual prizes are given for books by Oregon residents published in...
View ArticleLiterature vs. Traffic
This documentary film captures a 2012 art installation from Luzinterruptus, an internationally-known light-artists collective from Spain. The team received a hundred thousand discarded library books,...
View ArticleDiversity in Bookselling, the Letters of Ernest Hemingway, and More
Staff Giovanni's Room finds new owner and partner; Scribd teams up with Capstone; the language of emoji; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day Poets...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Elena Ferrante, New York's Floating Library, and More
Staff 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.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page...
View ArticleFamily Therapy
"Our family trait is to remember / only the good times / like a last blown kiss at the door." This poem from Cynthia Atkins is made into a short film by the Poetry Storehouse. Atkins is the author of...
View ArticleTone
In the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine, award-winning poet Louise Glück discusses her craft: "For me it's tone—the way the mind moves as it performs its acts of meditation....
View ArticleRegulars
Some people, once they find a place they like, really make themselves at home. This week, write a story about a regular at a local bar, restaurant, or coffee shop. Why has this person latched on to...
View ArticleBespoke Libraries
From his workshop in Boulder, Colorado, Thatcher Wine custom-tailors libraries with original cover designs, creating an art piece within a book collection. CBS 48 Hours correspondent Richard...
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