Teju Cole on Nigeria, San Francisco Bookstore Faces Threat of Closure, and More
British prison officials defend ban on books; the unconventional path to a writing career; the benefits of writing in the Midwest; and other news.
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World Poetry Day, Banned Books in Saudi Arabia, and More
Books & Brews brings booze to a new venue in Indiana; Adam Zagajewski on balancing joy with sadness; Vladimir Putin’s fictional presence; and other news.
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The Giver Movie Trailer, Meg Wolitzer's YA Fiction, and More
Twenty years of The Western Canon; Grove Atlantic picks up Lefevre; a poet laureate for British waterways; and other news.
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An Open Letter to AWP, Andrew Wylie's Hatred of Amazon Publishing, and More
Joyce Carol Oates reviews Lorrie Moore; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s foray into film; The Unauthorized Audubon; and other news.
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Zadie Smith Mourns the Seasons, $6 Million Donated to the New York Public Library, and More
A bookstore in East Harlem collects donations for victims of the neighborhood explosion; a new study finds that most Americans use libraries regularly; writers wonder whether happiness has a place in poetry and fiction; and other news.
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Simon & Schuster Rescinds Lefevre Contract, an App to Improve Reading Speed, and More
Helen Tartar, the editorial director of Fordham University Press, has died; coffee for making a deal with the devil; Tammany Hall’s good guys; and other news.
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A Profile of Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, Jennifer Clement, and Nina Siegal
Jennifer Clement, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, and Nina Siegal anticipate the success of their forthcoming books despite previous publishing setbacks.
Apple Files Second Appeal, John Steinbeck’s Google Doodle, and More
An author faces the threat of arrest after asking to protest; writing fiction helps a start-up; Ralph Ellison’s portrait unveiled in Oklahoma; and other news.
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James Patterson To Give $1 Million to Independent Bookstores, AWP Open to the Public, and More
Haruki Murakami's next novel will be published in the U.S. in August; Chinese dissident author Yu Jie is having trouble finding a publisher; Electric Literature's 2014 Great Indie Press Preview; and other news.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird and Justin Hocking’s The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
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