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    Do you write book-length nonfiction? Then you should know about the Lukas Awards.

    By Jonny Diamond  October 27, 2021
    Nigerian Literature

    On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

    By Ọlájídé Salawu  October 27, 2021
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    Ursula K. Le Guin always wanted Powell’s Books to be a proud union shop.

    By Jonny Diamond  October 22, 2021
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    Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 22, 2021
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    A new literary prize in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin will recognize “realists of a larger reality.”

    By Emily Temple  October 21, 2021
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    Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

    By The Maris Review  October 21, 2021
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    Here are the finalists for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 20, 2021
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    Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year’s BBC National Short Story Award.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 19, 2021
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    The Believer magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

    By Emily Temple  October 19, 2021
    The 2021 Cundill History Prize

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    Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick.

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2021
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    Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

    By Jonny Diamond  October 18, 2021
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    Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

    By Emily Temple  October 18, 2021
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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  October 15, 2021
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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 14, 2021
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    Better listen to that Bennington podcast now—before Donna Tartt squashes it.

    By Emily Temple  October 14, 2021
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    Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet, has died at 82.

    By Emily Temple  October 14, 2021
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    The movement to put translators’ names on book covers is working.

    By Walker Caplan  October 12, 2021
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    A Brief Survey of Men Having Opinions About What Women Are Reading

    By Sophie Vershbow  October 8, 2021
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    Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

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    Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

    By Emily Temple  October 7, 2021
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    Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.

    By Emily Temple  October 5, 2021
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    Here are the 2021 National Book Award Finalists.

    By Emily Temple  October 5, 2021
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    Exclusive cover reveal: Ada Limón’s The Hurting Kind.

    By Literary Hub  October 4, 2021
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    Joan Didion’s whole backlist is getting a minimalist new redesign.

    By Emily Temple  October 1, 2021
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