The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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December 16, 2014
Melville House to Publish Senate Torture Report as a Book
Melville House, an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, has announced that it will publish the Senate Intelligence Committee’s “Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program” as a book. Read more...
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December 16, 2014
If Bill Passes, Massachusetts May Have Its First State Poet Laureate
Massachusetts may appoint its first-ever state poet laureate if a bill passes through the House of Representatives, according to The Boston Globe. Read more...
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December 16, 2014
The Whiting Foundation and Slate Celebrate Authors’ Second Novels
The Whiting Foundation and Slate Book Review have teamed up on a campaign called “We Second That” in an effort to honor and draw attention to the best “under-recognized” second novels of the last five years. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Claudia Emerson, 57, Has Died
On Thursday, former Virginia Poet Laureate Claudia Emerson died due to complications from colon cancer. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Julian Hoffman Wins National Outdoor Book Award
Julian Hoffman, winner of the 2012 AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction, received a National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) in the National History Literature category for The Small Heart of Things: Being at Home in a Beckoning World. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Chinese Government Bans Use of Puns in Media
According to The Los Angeles Times, China’s media regulator—the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television—has issued an order that restricts the media from using puns and other forms of wordplay. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand Has Died
Mark Strand, former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner for his collection Blizzard of One (1998), died from liposarcoma, a rare cancer of the fat cells. Read more...
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December 2, 2014
Donate to AWP’s Intro Journals Project!
It’s #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. Read more...
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December 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with Chad W. Post, Publisher at Open Letter
AWP had the opportunity to talk with Chad W. Post, publisher at Open Letter, which publishes translated works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers from all over the world, from Serbia, Peru, Israel, China, Denmark, and elsewhere. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
The University of Texas at Austin Acquires Gabriel García Márquez Archive
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently announced that it has acquired the archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, who authored the critically acclaimed magical realist novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967). Read more...