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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May 19, 2014
Chipotle to Feature Writing by Toni Morrison, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Others on Cups and Bags
After sitting in Chipotle with nothing to read while eating, novelist Jonathan Safran Foer decided to contact Steve Ells, Chipotle CEO, and make a suggestion. Read more...
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May 19, 2014
Poet Russell Edson Dies at 79
Distinguished poet Russell Edson died at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut on April 29 due to a long illness. Read more...
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May 8, 2014
The Torah Auctioned for $3.87 Million
In an auction in Paris on April 30, a 15th-century edition of the Torah was bought for $3.87 million, a record for a book of its kind. Read more...
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May 8, 2014
Nathaniel Mackey Receives Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Nathaniel Mackey received this year’s $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, an annual award given by the Poetry Foundation to a U.S. poet for outstanding lifetime achievement. Read more...
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May 1, 2014
The Search for Cervantes's Remains
At the time of his death in 1616, Miguel De Cervantes was not the writer of fame to which the novel The Adventures of the Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha would later propel him. Read more...
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May 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with Amber Nelson, Poetry Editor of alice blue review
alice blue review, based out of the Pacific Northwest, is an online journal of poetry and prose founded in 2005 by Sarah Gallien, Amber Nelson, and Will Gallien. Read more...
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April 30, 2014
A Global Mobile Reading Revolution
A year-long study conducted by UNESCO shows that a “mobile reading revolution” has begun in developing countries. Nearly five thousand people in seven countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, participated in the research. Read more...
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April 30, 2014
Idaho Parents Call Police on Teen for Giving Away Banned Book
Idaho junior high student Brady Kissel raised controversy when she decided to give away Sherman Alexie’s banned young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian as part of World Book Night. Read more...
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April 25, 2014
Gender and Books: Men prefer the movie version
A recent study conducted by OnePoll found that, among 2,000 British men and women surveyed, almost three-quarters of the men indicated they would choose to watch a film or television adaptation rather than read the book. Read more...
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April 18, 2014
Gabriel Garcia Márquez Has Died
Internationally beloved Nobel laureate and author, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, 87, died Thursday, April 17. Read more...