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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June 1, 2009
Suit to Catch a Phony
J.D. Salinger on June 1 sued the author and publisher of a planned sequel to The Catcher and the Rye, according to Reuters. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Poet to Receive Creativity in Motion Prize
David Mason has been named the 2009 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize recipient, the Norman Transcript reports. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Missing Poet Presumed Dead
The University of Wyoming, in a May 8 news release, announced that missing professor and poet Craig Arnold is thought to have died on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Poetry Foundation Awards
Fanny Howe and Ange Mlinko have received this year’s Pegasus Awards. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Jury Rules in Favor of Colorado Professor
A Colorado jury ruled in favor of reinstating Ward Churchill, the tenured University of Colorado ethnic studies professor who was fired by the school’s administration after the professor compared September 11 victims to “little Eichmanns,” a reference to Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in an essay. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Amazon's "New Adult Policy"
An alleged “glitch” by Amazon resulted in a wave of outrage as patrons realized in early April that “adult titles” had been removed from the sale rankings, according to Publisher’s Weekly. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Announces Copper Canyon Press to Publish International Library Exchange
Copper Canyon Press, a nonprofit literary publisher based out of Port Townsend, Washington, will receive $117,000 to “support the translation, publication, and promotion of a bilingual anthology of work by 30-40 Chinese poets born after 1945,” according to an NEA press release published in early May. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Virginia State Champion wins National Poetry Contest
Virginia State Champion wins National Poetry Contest Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Book Returned to Library After 145 Years
After nearly 145 years, a library book has been returned to Washington and Lee University. Read more...
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June 1, 2009
Mark Twain Publishes Again
Although he has been dead for almost 100 years, Mark Twain has a “new” short story appearing in the Strand Magazine. Read more...