Little, Brown's digital-first list Blackfriars has acquired a memoir by performance poet Hollie Poetry. In her first acquisition for the list, Rhiannon Smith bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Nobody Told Me by Poetry, also known as Hollie McNish, from Becky Thomas at Fox Mason. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown's digital-first list Blackfriars has acquired a memoir by performance poet Hollie Poetry. In her first acquisition for the list, Rhiannon Smith bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Nobody Told Me by Poetry, also known as Hollie McNish, from Becky Thomas at Fox Mason. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Safiya Sinclair was raised to be Rastafari; instead, she became a poet. Why it took her more than a decade to write the lyrical memoir 'How to Say Babylon' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-28 15:00:14 UTC ]
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The poet and activist Rose Styron, 95, had to be talked into writing about herself and the many luminaries she has known. “I don’t like looking backward,” she said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-06-13 21:08:45 UTC ]
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The poet and activist Rose Styron, 95, had to be talked into writing about herself and the many luminaries she has known. “I don’t like looking backward,” she said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-06-12 13:39:45 UTC ]
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Garrett Hongo tells a coming-of-age story wrapped in his love of writing and music, and recounts his lifelong quest for the perfect audio equipment. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-18 12:00:15 UTC ]
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Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, The Quarantine Tapes chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic. Guest host Eddie Glaude is joined by poet Natasha Trethewey on Episode 145 of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-23 09:48:22 UTC ]
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Pamela Sneed’s book powerfully recalls the contributions and leadership of lesbians during the height of the AIDS crisis. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-11-18 20:38:22 UTC ]
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New Little, Brown imprint Blackfriars has bought a debut memoir from comedian Rob Delaney, dubbed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philippa Slinger blogs about why a poetry competition is a vital platform for poets just starting out, and those in the midst of their careers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cher is splitting her upcoming memoir into two parts because she has a life 'too immense for only one book,' publisher Dey Street Books says. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-24 16:24:27 UTC ]
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National Poetry Day is holding a mass 24-hour "share-a-poem" festival alongside hundreds of mini events to celebrate poetry on Thursday 1st October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 10:46:22 UTC ]
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Leaders will need to be resilient, open-minded, and creative. Poetry can show them the way. “I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-07-28 03:00:09 UTC ]
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The 2020 campaign to mark National Poetry Day on 1st October will highlight a list of 40 new books focused on poetry participation, including work from Michael Rosen, Inua Ellams and Kate Clanchy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 10:54:41 UTC ]
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The Poetry Archive, a charity set up by Sir Andrew Motion to preserve digital recordings of poets reading their own work, has set up a website of children’s poems. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 22:39:54 UTC ]
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Annual sales of poetry books are set to surpass £10m for the first time since records began, The Bookseller can reveal on National Poetry Day today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here’s how six independent publishers make it work—and what the mainstream can learn from their efforts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Her own is called “Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me,” which follows anthologies that grew out of founding the Well-Read Black Girl book club. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-11-21 10:00:06 UTC ]
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"This is the kind of book that's hard to imagine until you're reading it: it doesn't seem possible, and then it is." Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Dallas-based Southern Methodist University's Project Poëtica and Bridwell Press are launching three new lines of poetry projects, each focusing on books by established poets, collaborative projects, and creative or scholarly works on poetics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The only documented experiences we have about growing up LGBTQ+ as a Jehovah’s Witness comes from former members, like Evans, who have left – or been forced to leave. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2024-10-30 17:20:20 UTC ]
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