Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing—has just become, at 45, the youngest ever winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. The prize, which was established in 2008 as a lifetime achievement award, honors “an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Author Monica Macansantos shares how an interaction with an award-winning author helped give her the confidence to take up space as a writer. The post And Now, I Know: Learning to Take Up Space as a Writer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
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The National Book Award-winning author shows young readers a humane political philosophy that many adults still fail to appreciate. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling breaks down how to write a great overview for your book proposal. The post How to Write a Great Overview for Your Book Proposal appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
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Award-winning author Martha Anne Toll shares how she's used social media in a variety ways to expand her writing and publishing network. The post Reaching Out: Using Social Media to Cross Boundaries in Writing appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
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Award-winning author Amy Gerstler conducts a mini survey of working poets to get a sense of how they complete the poems they write. The post How to Complete a Poem: A Mini Survey appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
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From a new book by a National Book Award-winning author that looks at what one color means to an entire ... Continue reading at Book Riot
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Dorothy Allison, the lesbian feminist activist, beacon, poet, parent, and award-winning author of novels like Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller, has died at 75. Allison wrote about a queer, poor South with dynamism and ferocious love. Her books tangoed frankly with historically taboo... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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As her latest Jackson Brodie thriller comes out, the award-winning author discusses cosy crime, sniffy critics, and how she investigated her own family’s secretsKate Atkinson has an idea for a fun side-hustle: at some point in the future, when she’s done with the second world war, and with her... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading at British Council global
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On stage and screen, self-referential works such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequalityOfficers storm a ballroom, releasing a flurry of bullets that pierce through a Black man as he collapses in a pool of... Continue reading at The Guardian
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She became an award-winning author of children’s books and young-adult novels despite debilitating health issues and the murder of her father. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Bird is the award-winning author of seven books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning book that served as the basis for Christopher Nolan’s film 'Oppenheimer,' which won seven Academy Awards last night, including best picture. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Novelist Jacinda Townsend and writer James Bernard Short join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the movie American Fiction, which is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett. Townsend and Short discuss how the film addresses race in the publishing industry via... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Black publishing industry figures weigh in on ERASURE and AMERICAN FICTION, Becky Chambers gets a Folio edition, and more, today in books. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The movie, with its handful of Oscar nominations, has refocused attention on “Erasure,” a satire of the literary world and its racial biases. Continue reading at The New York Times
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