Inside an Amazon Warehouse, National Novel Writing Month, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr reports from an Amazon warehouse; Carolyn Kellogg reveals that over forty thousand writers completed manuscripts for National Novel Writing...
View ArticleThe Inevitability of Change
You are not the same person today that you were five years ago. We all change. Creative nonfiction seeks to explore not only the changes we experience as human beings, but also how those changes impact...
View ArticleGoogle Books, Joan Didion's Birthday, Amazon's Latest Imprint, and More
James F. Thompson Google's scanning technology proves susceptible to human error; the Huffington Post honors Joan Didion's birthday; Amazon's new imprint to publish short fiction exclusively; and...
View ArticleNational Poetry Series Faces Possible Closure
The National Poetry Series (NPS), the Princeton, New Jersey–based nonprofit organization that has helped publish early books by poets such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Marie Howe, and Terrance Hayes,...
View ArticleNelson Mandela, Ursula K. Le Guin on Fiction, Emily Dickinson’s Lost Poems,...
James F. Thompson Nadine Gordimer remembers the life and soul of Nelson Mandela; Ursula K. Le Guin discusses the art of writing fiction; book marketing predictions for 2014; and other news.Page 1This...
View ArticleNavigating Self-Doubt, Top Ten Books of 2013, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff The venerable Tattered Cover Book Store will open outlets at the Denver International Airport; Slate lists its top ten books of 2013; Dani Shapiro discusses public perception and...
View ArticleDisappointment
Poetry has very powerful redemptive and healing capacities. The mere process of writing and reading poetry forces us to connect with life on a meaningful, meditative level. Poetry requires a deliberate...
View ArticleTen Best Debut Novels of 2013, Rick Riordan on Getting Published, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Jason Diamond picks his ten favorite debut novels of 2013; Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selected Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings as its latest pick; best-selling author Rick Riordan...
View ArticlePoetry Foundation Launches New Criticism Prize
The Chicago–based Poetry Foundation has established a new annual award for poetry criticism. The $7,500 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism will honor book-length works of criticism published in the...
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Jamie Iredell
“By 10 AM I’ve been writing for a few hours, and my mind’s muddled with sentences, so I go jogging. Like most people, I don’t enjoy exercising, and I welcome anything that distracts me from the fact...
View ArticleCreating Tension
Tension is critical in fiction. Tension is the difference between a story about a boy flying a kite and a story about a boy flying a kite in an electrical storm. Tension often is created through...
View ArticleNew Judith Regan Imprint, Memoir in the Age of Twitter, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Phaidon has hired Judith Regan to head a new multimedia imprint; the National Library of Norway intends to scan every Norwegian book in existence; a Charles Bukowski-themed bar will...
View ArticleDigital Dialogue
Conveying how people communicate is a formidable challenge for the creative nonfiction writer because technology has changed—and continues to change—the very fundamentals of human interaction....
View ArticleJason Segel Cast as David Foster Wallace, Heather Havrilesky on Nora Ephron,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Jason Segel will play David Foster Wallace in a new film adaptation; author and poet John Yau considers John Ashbery’s contributions to art criticism; Barnes & Noble’s chairman...
View ArticleShteyngart Trailer Stars Franco and Franzen, Holiday Gifts for Book Lovers,...
Evan Smith Rakoff Novelist Jennifer Miller examines the marketplace pressure placed on author photos; Jason Diamond showcases his ten favorite nonfiction titles of the year; the Guardian lists the...
View ArticlePEN Extends Bellwether Novel Prize Deadline
PEN American Center has extended the deadline for the 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, a biennial award of $25,000 given for an unpublished novel that “addresses issues of social...
View ArticleBookstore Sales Dip, Charles Dickens, Best Book Cover Designs of 2013, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff A scholar at Boston University offers a theory that Charles Dickens may have been inspired by the factory workers of Lowell, Massachusetts; the New York Times selects the best book...
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Boxcar Poetry Review
Founded in 2005 by Neil Aitken, Boxcar Poetry Review is a quarterly online journal featuring the work of emerging and established poets as well as book reviews and interviews. The publication is...
View ArticleW10-19-13SaltSpice-Williams
“Many participants expressed gratitude for a safe environment in which to share personal experiences…. Visitors were interested to find out when writer Ebony Williams would be doing another event…....
View ArticleEric Siblin
“I think now I can safely describe myself as a writer.” Author Eric Siblin discusses his first book of creative nonfiction, The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque...
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