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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October 21, 2016
Brigit Pegeen Kelly (1951–2016)
The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program reported on Thursday that one of its faculty members, the poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly, passed away. Read more...
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October 20, 2016
Thom Jones (1945–2016)
Thom Jones, the revered short story writer, died on Friday, October 14 at his home in Olympia, Washington. The cause was complications due to diabetes. He was seventy-one. Read more...
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October 19, 2016
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Win Sparks Debate
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan last week, it certainly raised some eyebrows. Read more...
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October 18, 2016
PEN America Releases New Guidelines on Campus Speech
PEN America’s new freedom of speech guidelines offer ways to discuss charged subjects on college campuses. Read more...
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October 17, 2016
Books Can Bridge the Political Divide, Study Shows
Election season puts into perspective just how polarized the United States’ political parties have become, but, according to researchers Andrew Piper and Richard Jean So, we can bridge this divide through books. Read more...
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October 14, 2016
Nobel News
Yesterday, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan. Read more...
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October 13, 2016
Debra Magpie Earling Named New Director of the University of Montana’s Creative Writing Program
Debra Magpie Earling, a professor of fiction and a member of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe, has been named the new director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Montana; she is the first Native American to hold the position since the program’s founding in 1920. Read more...
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October 12, 2016
Zoe Leonard’s Poem, “I Want a President,” Will Be Installed on New York’s High Line
Poet and activist Eileen Myles’s announcement of her run for president in 1991 inspired the writing of the poem, “I Want a President” by artist Zoe Leonard. That poem will be featured in a 20-by-30-foot display on a western pillar of the Standard Hotel in the High Line, a public park in New York. Read more...
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October 12, 2016
Penguin Random House CEO Warns Book Industry Will “Become Irrelevant” Without Diverse Books
Penguin Random House UK’s chief executive warned that the book industry will “become irrelevant” if it doesn’t publish more diverse books. Read more...
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October 10, 2016
AWP Forms New Committee on Inclusion
AWP’s Board of Trustees has announced an Inclusion Initiative. Read more...
