Condé Nast Changes Contracts With Writers, Philip Roth Documentary, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Condé Nast has altered its contracts with writers regarding film rights; Philip Roth will be the focus of an upcomingPBS documentary; Elissa Schappell weighs in on the success and...
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“One participant attended just to support the organization. She has published seventeen novels. She did not expect the workshop to plough new ground. But she was like a kid in Santa’s workshop on...
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Andy Knowlton, an American poet and mixed-media artist living in Seoul, South Korea, makes hand-made dolls out of materials he finds on the streets then places them in random locations around the...
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Elliott Holt
"I'm a city girl. I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and I've spent my entire adult life living in cities (Moscow, London, Amsterdam, New York, and now Washington again). I love big cities for...
View ArticleJames Wolcott on William Styron, W. G. Sebald's Writing Tips, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Poet Roya Hakakian details the personal importance of the work of Iranian poet Firoozeh Papan-Matin; Guy Kawasaki offers ten strategies for publishers to succeed in the future; a new...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood
For last year's Nexus Conference in Amsterdam, the Nexus Institute brought together the world’s foremost intellectuals, artists, diplomats, politicians, and other decision makers and asked them to...
View ArticleConsider a Classic
Choose one of your favorite classic books and make a brief outline of the plot. Write a story, set in the present, adapted from that classic story, using your outline and the classic book's main...
View ArticleIf I Hadn't
Think about a choice you made in your life that led to specific consequences or outcomes. Explore the alternative reality that could have been if you'd made a different choice in an essay that begins...
View ArticleSylvia Plath's The Bell Jar Turns Fifty, Adam Mansbach's Book Tour Report,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is two hundred, and to celebrate, the BBC will recreate the Netherfield Ball; the Library of Congress has archived billions of tweets posted on...
View ArticleThe Drunken Poets
Andy Knowlton, an American poet and mixed-media artist living in Seoul, South Korea, makes hand-made dolls out of materials he finds on the streets then places them in random locations around the...
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Elliott Holt
"I'm a city girl. I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and I've spent my entire adult life living in cities (Moscow, London, Amsterdam, New York, and now Washington again). I love big cities for...
View ArticleJames Wolcott on William Styron, W. G. Sebald's Writing Tips, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Poet Roya Hakakian details the personal importance of the work of Iranian poet Firoozeh Papan-Matin; Guy Kawasaki offers ten strategies for publishers to succeed in the future; a new...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood
For last year's Nexus Conference in Amsterdam, the Nexus Institute brought together the world’s foremost intellectuals, artists, diplomats, politicians, and other decision makers and asked them to...
View ArticleConsider a Classic
Choose one of your favorite classic books and make a brief outline of the plot. Write a story, set in the present, adapted from that classic story, using your outline and the classic book's main...
View ArticleIf I Hadn't
Think about a choice you made in your life that led to specific consequences or outcomes. Explore the alternative reality that could have been if you'd made a different choice in an essay that begins...
View ArticleSylvia Plath's The Bell Jar Turns Fifty, Adam Mansbach's Book Tour Report,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is two hundred, and to celebrate, the BBC will recreate the Netherfield Ball; the Library of Congress has archived billions of tweets posted on...
View ArticleSterling Lord
Frank Deford, Jimmy Breslin, and Charlotte Sheedy reflect on the extraordinary life and career of literary agent Sterling Lord, who has represented Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, and countless others, in...
View ArticleLost Manuscripts of Robert Burns Discovered, Julianna Baggott's Pure Will Be...
Evan Smith Rakoff The Academy of American Poets has elected Claudia Rankine, Marilyn Nelson, and C. D. Wright to its board of chancellors; the American Booksellers Association added forty new...
View ArticleDeadline Approaches for Nelson Algren Short Story Award
The Chicago Tribune is currently accepting submissions for its annual Nelson Algren Short Story Award.read more
View ArticleThe Drunken Poets
Andy Knowlton, an American poet and mixed-media artist living in Seoul, South Korea, makes hand-made dolls out of materials he finds on the streets then places them in random locations around the...
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