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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September 5, 2014
Boston Becomes First City to Designate a Literary Cultural District
As of just a few weeks ago, to the delight of Bostonians and prospective visitor-bibliophiles, Boston became the first city in the country to designate an official Literary Cultural District. Read more...
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September 4, 2014
Sherman Alexie and Jess Walter Launch Literary Podcast
Infinite Guest, a new podcast network from American Public Media, launched a new show last Wednesday called “A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment,” which features conversations between bestselling authors Sherman Alexie and Jess Walter. Read more...
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September 4, 2014
Alaska Quarterly Review May Fold
In an effort to prioritize its investments, a task force comprised of faculty and staff members at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) has identified the 32-year-old literary journal, Alaska Quarterly Review, among other “non-academic programs,” as needing “further review, consideration for reduction or phase out.” Read more...
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September 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with John Barton, Editor of the Malahat Review
AWP had the opportunity to interview John Barton, editor of the Malahat Review, one of Canada’s longest-running and best-acclaimed literary magazines. Read more...
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August 22, 2014
The State of the AWP Website Address
Since launching our redesigned website two years ago today, we continue to expand content and features. Read more...
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August 21, 2014
Can Robo-readers Read and Edit Better than Humans?
Mark. D. Shermis, dean of the College of Education at the University of Akron, who led a study comparing human graders to software designed to score student essays, said this past April that robo-graders built to evaluate student writing may be more reliable than human graders. Read more...
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August 21, 2014
“Bro-hug,” “Adorbs,” and “Cray” Added to Online Oxford Dictionary
A new batch of words has been added to the online Oxford Dictionary in its quarterly update, including terms that have taken popular culture by storm, such as bro-hug, adorbs, cray, amazeballs, baller, and SMH, an abbreviation for “shaking my head.” Read more...
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August 21, 2014
Purdue University and Amazon Team Up to Sell Textbooks
Purdue University and Amazon have teamed up to offer textbooks at a discounted price of up to thirty percent off, which Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, said “is another step in Purdue’s efforts to make a college education more affordable for our students.” Read more...
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August 21, 2014
National Endowment Announces Literary Translation Fellowships
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced last week that it awarded $300,000 in grants to twenty translators in an effort to support the literary translation of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and to introduce readers to more “global experiences, deep insights,” and “surprise connections.” Read more...
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August 21, 2014
Joy Harjo to Receive First Black Earth Institute Award
Joy Harjo, renowned poet of Muskogee Creek and Canadian ancestry, received the first Black Earth Institute (BEI) Award for her work towards illuminating the Native American experience through both poetry and music. Read more...