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 1, 2008
Awards
From the September 2008 issue of the Writer's Chronicle Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Jason Shinder (1955-2008)
Jason Shinder’s death, at age 52, was announced by the Academy of American Poets, which reported that Mr. Shinder had fought lymphoma and leukemia for several years. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
James Byron Hall (1918-2008)
James B. Hall, renowned writer and beloved professor at Cornell, University of Oregon, UC-Irvine, and UC-Santa Cruz, died February 28, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
George Garrett (1929-2008)
George Garrett, 78, a man of letters and author of over thirty books of fiction, poetry, biography, and criticism, died of bladder cancer at his home in Charlottesville on May 26, 2008. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Salman Rushdie: Famous Actor?
Salman Rushdie, fresh from publishing his most recent novel The Enchantress of Florence, is dabbling with an entirely different career. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Al Purdy—Canada's Titan
Al Purdy, among Canada’s most honored poets, was memorialized with a new statue in Queen’s Park in Toronto. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
What Kids Are Reading
According to the latest report from Renaissance Learning the quantity of books read by students decreased as their grade level increased. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Junot Díaz Wins the Pulitzer
Junot Díaz’s work, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was chosen for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Censorship in Pittsburgh?
Jan Beatty's overtly sexual third collection of poems, Red Sugar, has created a stir due to a cancelled poetry reading in a bookstore in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Read more...
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September 1, 2008
Mismanagement, Poor Results Derail "No Child Left Behind"
According to a report from the Institute of Education Sciences, the $6 billion reading program, “Reading First,” has failed in its goals. Read more...