There’s nothing better than a good piece of gossip. Sadly, in the literary world, most gossip either falls into one of two categories: boring, or depressing. Blistering correspondences between great men of letters? Boring. Unhappily married poets? Depressing. Who cares who Phillip Larkin cheated on his girlfriend with, besides presumably Phillip Larkin’s girlfriend. Read more
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A Utah woman who recently published a children’s book on losing a parent has been charged with murdering her husband, the father of her three children. Read more
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Here is the full list of winners and finalists. Read more
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A decorated writer in the 1940s, Nancy Hale analyzed the gap between the rhetoric of liberation and the realities of female experience. Why has she fallen into obscurity? Read more
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In “All the Knowledge in the World,” Simon Garfield recounts the history of the encyclopedia — a tale of ambitious effort, numerous errors and lots of paper. Read more
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It remains a mystery why Miguel Ángel Asturias’s brilliant novel Mr. President remains less well known in the English-speaking world than the many novels it inspired. Read more
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In the festival “Archive of Desire,” artists and musicians thoughtfully engage with the writing of Constantine P. Cavafy, a self-assessed “ultramodern poet.” Read more
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Ashley Bryan, renowned author and illustrator, lived to create. And throughout his long life, he created much joy in the lives of others. Bryan — also a poet, painter, and a musician — brought the richness of African culture, the vibrance of Black American spirituality and tradition, and the lost voices of enslaved people, to books read by children and adults of all races. He is one of the main reasons a large body of children’s literature today is illustrated with people of color.
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There’s strength in poetry — in seeking and establishing meaning in our world. Read more
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