Along the coast of California, a vibrant literary community came together, but its many styles could not be defined together. Continue reading at 'New Yorker'
[ New Yorker | 2021-05-24 10:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2013, I corresponded with David Ferry by phone to conduct a wide-ranging interview on his poetry, translations, and literary life. He had just won the National Book Award for Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations and was still at work on Virgil’s Aeneid which he published in 2018. Today,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-05 09:48:44 UTC ]
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Danez Smith burst into national recognition in 2014, when their poems about the Black Lives Matter movement found piercing resonance in a time of social and political change. Smith won the Individual World Poetry Slam that year, as well as the Lamda Literary Award for Gay Poetry for their book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-21 09:49:13 UTC ]
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Ebury has signed a memoir from poet and novelist Helen Mort which it says could do for climbing what other books have done for running and wild swimming. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 11:08:11 UTC ]
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Andrew Ziminski’s book on stonemasonry is an enthralling story of the people who helped to shape some of the nation’s most treasured buildings. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 16:16:39 UTC ]
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Science shows that social bonds are crucial to well-being, Lydia Denworth writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-07 13:47:11 UTC ]
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In his memoir 'Children of the Land,' poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo writes of border journeys, family separation and crossing a 'threshold of invisibility.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-01-29 15:00:08 UTC ]
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She says our global community is at a dire environmental moment in our collective history. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
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When news publisher Reach plc launched a new title in December 2018, it was in many ways starting from scratch. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-01-07 17:45:53 UTC ]
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Profile Books will publish a “fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits” by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 01:56:53 UTC ]
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In 1977––just three years after the publication of Tom Wolfe’s The New Journalism, a landmark, incendiary anthology that declared journalists using fictional technique had erased the novel as literature’s dominant form—I was fresh out of college and had just landed my first job as a journalist.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 09:48:12 UTC ]
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The Twitter personalities discuss their new book and making astrology — as well as poetry — accessible. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-11 19:14:40 UTC ]
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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will embark on a ten-year tour of libraries across the UK, starting in 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 08:57:35 UTC ]
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Granta Books has pre-empted an “electrifying” novel about the witch trials from poet and writer A K Blakemore. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 00:27:38 UTC ]
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With a huge landmark for the Romantic poet William Wordsworth next year, a multimillion-pound refurb of his Lake District home is set to open—and it has fresh plans to re-engage with visitors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 13:38:52 UTC ]
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Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?Author Jacqueline Woodson recently spoke about books being either mirrors or windows. Mirrors for seeing ourselves,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-05 09:00:40 UTC ]
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Booksellers have voted for their 25 favourite poetry books from the last 25 years to mark the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Day—with work by Alice Oswald and Maya Angelou making the cut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-08 15:11:46 UTC ]
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Her new poetry collection, “Be Recorder,” is a bracing examination of America’s promise. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-04 16:16:23 UTC ]
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Library of America’s new edition of poetry is a good reminder that there was more to Melville than “Moby-Dick.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-26 14:23:13 UTC ]
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Christopher Leonard explores the sprawling company and its influence on the U.S. economy. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The book club has the goal of highlighting progressive work from writers of color and writers within the LGBTQ community. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-07 10:34:52 UTC ]
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