Lawrence Ferlinghetti
In Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder, which opens tonight in New York City, director Christopher Felver reveals the poet's true role as a catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat...
View ArticleCarolyn Kellogg Wants Off the Jane Austen Train, Macmillan Settles with DOJ,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Macmillan settled with the Department of Justice over e-book pricing; Brain Pickings uncovers a touching letter from Charles Dickens to his son; a series of humorous vignettes by...
View ArticleTeddy Wayne
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne explores the underbelly of fame in twenty-first century America's celebrity culture, told through the eyes of an unforgettable child. Here the author,...
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3. The Atheneum
The Atheneum, Natucket’s library, was one of the primary venues for book festival events. Built as a private literary institution in 1834, the building—and all its contents—were lost in the Great Fire...
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4. Wendy Hudson
Wendy Hudson, founder of the Nantucket Book Festival and owner of the local bookstores Nantucket Bookworks and Mitchell’s Book Corner, inaugurates the festival at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting...
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6. Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III reads from his memoir, Townie (W. W. Norton, 2011) in the Great Hall of the Nantucket Atheneum as part of The Prose Writer and the Poet with poet Wyn Coooper.Image Credit: Jeremiah...
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5. Richard Burns
Following Hudson's inauguration of the Nantucket Book Festival at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Richard (Dick) Burns introduces the panelists for a conversation titled Time, Place, and...
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7. Sperm Whale
This forty-six-foot skeleton of a sperm whale is suspended from the ceiling of the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) Whaling Museum, which is located in a former candle factory on Broad Street....
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8. Natucket Bookworks
Nantucket Bookworks is just a few blocks away from the NHA Whaling Museum in downtown Nantucket. Patti Claflin and her husband, Prentice, opened the original store in 1972 in the basement of the Mooney...
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9. Mitchell's Book Corner
Mitchell’s Book Corner showcases books by authors participating in the Nantucket Book Festival. The store was founded in 1968 by Henry "Mitch" Mitchell Havemeyer and Mary Allen Sargent Havemeyer. After...
View ArticleWriters on Anniversary of Sylvia Plath's Death, Truman Capote Controversy,...
Evan Smith Rakoff A dispute over the ownership of case files that informed Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood have cast doubts on the veracity of sections of Capote’s masterpiece; to mark the fiftieth...
View ArticleRobert Bly Receives Frost Medal
The Poetry Society of America (PSA) has announced that poet Robert Bly will receive the 2013 Frost Medal, an award presented annually for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. read more
View ArticleMFA Advice for Future Applicants, Free Valentine's Day E-Books, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff The DOJ has approved the merger of Random House and Penguin; fourteen poets reveal their favorite love poems for Valentine’s Day; Library Lournal takes the pulse of today’s erotic...
View ArticlePoets of Protest
Manal Al Sheikh says it is dangerous for her to be a writer in her hometown of Nineveh, Iraq, so the exiled poet tries to inspire her readers online from Stavanger, Norway. This short film, directed by...
View ArticleTips on How to Get Writing Out of the Slush Pile, Jamaica Kincaid Interview,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Barnes & Noble announced its Nook revenues would not meet expectations; J. Robert Lennon explains why some writers strive to be rock star musicians; Ploughshares advises how to...
View ArticleThe Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt
For his article "The Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt," contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr, who lives in Madaba-Manja, Jordan, traveled to Cairo twice—first in late August 2012 and again in...
View ArticlePage One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
March/April 2013 Staff With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released...
View ArticleDigital Digest: Indie Retailers and the Amazon Effect
March/April 2013 Adrian Versteegh Some of the nation's largest book sellers are seeing unprecedented global expansion by using digital platforms to their advantage.Page 1This is all the info relevant...
View ArticleParents & Writers
March/April 2013 Carrie Neill This spring the San Francisco-based nonprofit Sustainable Arts Foundation launches its residency grant program, which offers support to writers and artists residencies...
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The Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt
March/April 2013 Stephen Morison Jr. Contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. reports on the literary community in Cairo, Egypt, interviewing authors, publishers, and booksellers about the ongoing...
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