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 6, 2016
News Roundup
Some things that caught our attention this week. Read more...
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May 5, 2016
The Handmaid’s Tale Coming to Hulu in 2017; Elizabeth Moss to Star
Last week, Hulu announced the upcoming premiere of a ten-episode TV series, The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the award-winning dystopian sci-fi novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. Read more...
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May 4, 2016
Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Catapults Poet Warsan Shire into the International Spotlight
Beyoncé’s new visual album, Lemonade, which premiered on HBO on April 23, has people talking about British-Somali poet Warsan Shire, whose spoken word poetry serves as interludes between the songs. Read more...
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April 29, 2016
News Roundup
Some things that caught our attention this week. Read more...
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April 28, 2016
Canadian Artist Celebrates Poets with Portraiture
Melanie Janisse-Barlow, a Canadian artist and poet, has been working on Poets Series, a portraiture project of contemporary poets that grew out of “an exploration in the poetic form of encomium.” Read more...
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April 25, 2016
The Southern Humanities Review Features Undocupoets
The Southern Humanities Review has released a special feature that “celebrates the lives and resistance of nine undocumented writers from an array of experiences and writing styles.” Read more...
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April 21, 2016
E. Ethelbert Miller Receives 2016 George Garrett Award
On Thursday, March 31, at this year’s Annual Conference & Bookfair, AWP awarded its 2016 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature to E. Ethelbert Miller. Read more...
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April 19, 2016
Majority of Ebook Readers Are Over Forty-five, Study Finds
Readers over forty-five years old apparently make up the majority of the most active e-readers, according to a study carried out by e-book retailer Kobo. Read more...
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April 18, 2016
Pulitzer Prizes Announced
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. Read more...
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April 18, 2016
Two Past Award Series Winners Take Home Major Prizes
Two previous winners of the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, Iliana Rocha and Beth Bachmann, received news this month of further honors. Read more...
