Poetry and Fiction Contests Extend Deadlines
Two competitions that appeared in our January/February 2012 issue's Deadlines section are offering writers a bit of wiggle room to make contest submissions. read more
View ArticleThe Cave
This two-channel video installation by Nancy Stamatopoulou and Ash Bulayev, part of last year's Athens Video Art Festival, is inspired in part by Gertude Stein's essay “The Geographical History of...
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Kingdom Animalia
Aracelis Girmay ISBN: 9781934414620 kingdom.jpg Contributor: Maya Pindyck Location Brooklyn, NY United States See map: Google Maps "I recommend Aracelis Girmay's Kingdom Animalia (BOA Editions,...
View ArticleScandal at the National Arts Club, Donald Hall on Aging, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Poet Donald Hall writes about aging in his family's long-time New Hampshire farmhouse; the New York Times unravels a scandal at the venerable National Arts Club; writer Emma Straub...
View ArticleIlya Kaminsky Scratches the Surface
San Diego-based poet and presenter of literary events Ilya Kaminsky, awarded an American Academy of Arts and Letters's Metcalf Award, a Whiting Writers Award, and a Lannan Fellowship, blogs about the...
View ArticleNBCC Announces Book Award Finalists
Over the weekend the National Book Critics Circle revealed the contenders for its 2012 book awards, the only literary awards judged solely by book critics. read more
View Article"When at a Certain Party in NYC"
"Wherever you're from sucks / and wherever you grew up sucks." For the latest video installment from Motionpoems, Amy Schmitt designed and animated Erin Belieu's poem "When at a Certain Party in NYC."...
View ArticlePostcard Poem
Compose a poem in the form and style of a postcard note. Keep the length brief, and give the recipient a sense of the place you’re visiting or the space you’re occupying. The location from which you...
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A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Honoré de Balzac ISBN: 9781583962978 provincial-at-paris.jpg Contributor: Amy Gall Location New York, NY United States See map: Google Maps “I had to read Honoré de Balzac’s A Distinguished...
View ArticleEdith Wharton's Birthday, Brooklyn's Famous Authors, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff The Center for Fiction is hosting a marathon reading of The House of Mirth on January 26th to celebrate the birthday of Edith Wharton; Academy Award nominations have been announced,...
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Ampersand Butterfly
From a series of ampersand images created by visual poet Gary Barwin. Credit Link: http://serifofnottingham.blogspot.com/ Image Credit: Gary Barwin
View ArticleThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Nominated for an Oscar in the category of Short Film (Animated), this beautifully rendered story "of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor," by author and illustrator...
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State of Wonder
Ann Patchett ISBN: 9780062049803 stateofwonder.jpg Contributor: Amy Brill Location Brooklyn, NY United States See map: Google Maps “Last year was a big year for me. I birthed a baby (my second) and...
View ArticleMine Your Memory
Write for twenty minutes about one of the following subjects. Combine two or three subjects to create something larger.An experience with an insect.An experience with a child.An experience with an...
View ArticleEstates of Famous Writers, Luc Sante on the Work of Patti Smith, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Executive director Tree Swenson will leave the the Academy of American Poets; Alexander Nazaryan explains why Vladimir Putin's recent literary proposal is an assault on freedom;...
View ArticleTake It Apart
Deconstruct a short story that you find particularly powerful. First, identify the point-of-view and the characters. Then outline the plot. Finally, make a chart with two columns: In the first column,...
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Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor ISBN: 9780374505844 wiseblood.jpg Contributor: David Krancher Location Cambridge, MA United States See map: Google Maps "When it occurred to me I'd never read Wise Blood (Harcourt,...
View ArticleWhy Do Old Books Smell?
Good question! Watch as Richard from AbeBooks explains that the unique aroma comes from the reaction of a book's organic material to heat, light, moisture, and the chemicals used in its production....
View ArticleMistaken Identities, SOPA and James Joyce, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Business Week focuses on the work of Larry Kirshbaum, the book-industry veteran hired last May to head Amazon Publishing; the Millions examines copyright and the future of...
View ArticlePEN American Center's Big Deadline Approaches
The closing date is less than a week away for New York City-based PEN American Center's literary competitions for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. read more
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