Today is the 76th birthday of Kay Ryan, the Pulitzer-winning former U.S. poet laureate known for her tight, winding work. Throughout her career, Ryan has been viewed as an outsider poet: she has no MFA, and for that matter, has Read more >
After protests from students, parents, and teachers and increasing national attention, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District has reversed its November 2020 ban on a list of resources written by authors of color. On Monday evening, the school board voted unanimously Read more >
Haruki Murakami is a collector: of vinyl records, T-shirts, and short stories (ha ha ha). He’s donated his collection of over 10,000 vinyl records to Waseda University, but keeps his T-shirts in cardboard boxes at his home. According to Murakami, Read more >
Scottish play stans hide your fires and unleash your black and deep desires, because the first teaser trailer for Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth (starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand) has arrived. The trailer is only about 20 seconds Read more >
As long as there is a thing loosely considered “book publishing” there will be something like the phenomenon of celebrity imprints. It’s impossible to say how hands-on any given famous person is when it comes to what’s published in their Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced its 5 Under 35 honorees: five fiction writers under the age of 35 “whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.” As always, each honoree was selected by a Read more >
The air is crisp, the sky is blue, and the press cycle is fresh. That’s right! At long last, we’ve entered my favorite season of all: Franzen season. This morning, WSJ Magazine published a profile of Jonathan Franzen in advance of Read more >
Nothing like new books to shake up that old TBR pile. * Richard Powers, Bewilderment (W. W. Norton) “Impressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality. Moreover, science fiction is not just Read more >
You might think you love Dostoevsky, but do you love him more than Dario Gambarin does? To commemorate the writer’s 200th birthday (which is technically not until November 11th), the Italian land artist carved his likeness in 25,000 meters of Read more >
On Sunday night, I May Destroy You showrunner Michaela Coel won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In the context of yet another melanin-deficient awards show that had people tweeting #EmmysSoWhite, it was Read more >
“The glossies really aren’t buying very edgy, challenging short fiction these days,” Chuck Palahniuk says. “That type of fiction doesn’t really have a market anymore.” Though he’s not taking the helm of a legacy publication, the Fight Club author hopes Read more >
Recently, we heard about Netflix’s forthcoming adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s famously banned book Lady Chatterley’s Lover (apparently it’s going to be raunchier than Bridgerton, which does seem only fair). To prepare yourself, you may want to start with this video Read more >
Longwood University has revealed the five finalists for the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award granted by a university or college in Virginia. The prize, now in its 40th year, seeks to recognize the country’s “most talented Read more >
Today, the Library of Congress announced that bestselling author Jason Reynolds will serve as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for a third year. Reynolds’s extended appointment is an unprecedented event in the history of the program. The position, which Read more >
For the last eight years, beloved Reading Rainbow star and podcast host LeVar Burton had his sights set on becoming Jeopardy!’s host—and when the search for Alex Trebek’s replacement went public, it seemed like Burton might actually get his dream Read more >
Have you ever wanted to inhabit the shirtless and bemuscled body of an aging Ernest Hemingway as he delivers a straight-up ass-whooping to HP Lovecraft, who can’t even be fucked to take off his trench coat? Ok, look, don’t answer Read more >
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