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 19, 2015
Amid Allegations of Lame-Duck Leadership, Librarian of Congress James Billington Resigns
Librarian of Congress James Billington, 86, who has served the Library of Congress since 1987, will resign from his position on January 1 due to reports of management and technology failures, according to The New York Times. Read more...
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June 19, 2015
Harper Lee’s Personal Letters Don’t Sell at Christie’s Auction
A collection of Harper Lee’s private letters didn’t sell at a recent auction at Christie’s in New York last week, according to The New York Times. Read more...
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June 19, 2015
European Antitrust Regulators Launch Investigation of Amazon’s E-book Industry
In the wake of several contract disputes with “Big Five” publishers, the European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Amazon’s practices in the e-book industry, according to a recent statement. Read more...
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June 19, 2015
Poets Vie for Prestigious Oxford Professor of Poetry Position
The race toward Oxford University’s five-year professorship of poetry has begun again, with five contenders in the running. Read more...
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June 10, 2015
Juan Felipe Herrera Becomes First Hispanic American to Serve as U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of migrant farmworkers who came to California from Mexico during the early 20th century, became the first Hispanic American appointed to serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate. Read more...
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June 9, 2015
Man Booker International Prize Judge Condemns English “Provincialism” in World Literature
Since Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai received this year’s £60,000 Man Booker International Prize for his fiction a few weeks ago, one Prize judge has been criticizing what she essentially calls the myopia of world literature. Read more...
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June 9, 2015
Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate
The Poetry Foundation awarded Jacqueline Woodson with a two-year young people’s poet laureateship. Read more...
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June 9, 2015
Number of Children’s Books Addressing Gender Fluidity Increases
Children’s books across genres, including science fiction and young adult romance, are finally addressing gender fluidity.... Read more...
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June 9, 2015
Did Writer Alice Goffman Admit to a Felony in On the Run?
A new question has arisen in the ongoing debate surrounding sociologist Alice Goffman’s book On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, released by the University of Chicago Press last year: Did Goffman admit to committing a felony in her book? Read more...
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June 4, 2015
The Poetry Foundation Seeks a New President
Poetry Foundation President Robert Polito will step down from his position at the end of the month when his two-year contract expires, according to a recent press release. Read more...