News and Events Photo: Quarantine portrait. Tulsa, Oklahoma. March 22, 2020, by Joseph Rushmore. This photograph accompanied the publication of Rilla Askew's "Cataclysm" in the Summer 2020 issue of World Literature Today. The editors of World Literature Today are delighted to announce our annual shortlist of Pushcart nominations for 2020. The Pushcart Prize anthology gathers the best poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays published by small-press magazines and book publishers. WLT’s six nominees include: Poetry Saddiq Dzukogi, “There Is No Scar, Only Absence” Major Jackson, “Think of Me, Laughing” Achy Obejas, “Slow” Prose Rilla Askew, “Cataclysm” Anastasia Edel, “Therapy by Living” Catalina Infante Beovic, “Ferns,” trans. Michelle Mirabella The Dzukogi and Jackson poems appeared in our “Black Voices” series, guest-edited by Mahtem Shiferraw. Askew’s creative nonfiction essay and Infante Beovic’s story appeared in our pandemic series in the Summer 2020 issue and on WLT Weekly, respectively. Congratulations to our nominated writers and translator! This is just a sampling of WLT’s extraordinary content from the past year—as always, choosing from more than a hundred contributors proved exceptionally difficult. As 2020 comes to a close, WLT’s editors would like to thank the many writers, translators, reviewers, contributing editors, University of Oklahoma... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2020-11-30 21:07:51 UTC ]
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Oprah has chosen her 103rd book club pick. It's the latest from a two-time National Book Award winner and one of our great modern writers. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-24 17:43:43 UTC ]
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The Hugos and several other major science fiction award winners were announced this week. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-23 14:50:11 UTC ]
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Attention all writers who write about writing (or painting, or dancing, or music…): the Interlochen Center for the Arts and The Pattis Family Foundation have established a new annual award that seeks to recognize “outstanding works of fiction or nonfiction” that “inspire, illuminate, or... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-19 16:06:19 UTC ]
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Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, who host the popular politics podcast 'Pod Save America,' will publish their debut book with their Zando imprint, Crooked Media Reads, next June. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This letter was originally published by ArabLit. The shocking and tragic events that began on October 7th and are ongoing today have had repercussions all over the globe, including within the publishing world. Award-winning Palestinian author Adania Shibli, who was a finalist for the 2020... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-17 09:05:58 UTC ]
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Tonio Schachinger's 'Echtzeitalter' from Holtzbrinck's Rowohlt Verlag has won the €25,000 German Book Prize. The post Frankfurt: Tonio Schachinger Wins the German Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-17 03:47:00 UTC ]
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The celebrated American poet and winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature died on October 13 at her home in Cambridge, Mass. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie is releasing a memoir about his experience being attacked on stage last year. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-11 15:57:11 UTC ]
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The author describes the book, subtitled Meditations After an Attempted Murder, as ‘a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art’Salman Rushdie’s memoir Knife, about being stabbed last year, will be published on 16 April next year, Penguin Random House has announced.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-11 13:36:53 UTC ]
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With a new five-year sponsorship from the Trivedi Family Foundation, the 35-year-old Royal Society Prize names its 2023 shortlistees. The post England’s Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-07 02:08:05 UTC ]
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Norwegian author Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” This story is developing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has announced the 2022 National Book Award longlists. Five finalists in each of the five categories will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has revealed the five finalists for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Washington Post editor Martin Baron joins the L.A. Times Book Club Oct. 11 to discuss "Collision of Power," his book about Trump, Bezos and the future of journalism. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-02 13:00:31 UTC ]
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Last spring, I approached Nickolas Butler, internationally bestselling author of the novels Shotgun Lovesongs, The Hearts of Men, and Godspeed, to be the judge for this year’s Insider Prize, American Short Fiction’s annual literary award for incarcerated writers in Texas. He’d worked with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-22 08:15:30 UTC ]
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This week, Longwood University announced the finalists for the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize, which is the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, and which honors “one of America’s most talented but underappreciated writers…whose work offers incisive, original commentary... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-21 17:03:34 UTC ]
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Kara Welsh, president of PRH’s Ballantine Group—home of the Ballantine Bantam Dell imprints—announced a number of editorial promotions within the group. Those include the promotion of Kara Cesare to v-p and editor-in-chief of BBD. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The three-day Publishers Conference professional program this year runs October 29 to 31, just ahead of Sharjah International Book Fair. The post Sharjah Book Authority Announces its 2023 Publishers Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-18 17:22:40 UTC ]
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“We are thrilled to announce that The Paris Review has won a 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.” Continue reading at The Paris Review
[ The Paris Review | 2023-09-13 14:10:36 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2023 National Book Award longlist for Young People's Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 3, and the winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on November 15 in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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