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Writing never seems more impossible than when you’re right in the middle of it.  Suddenly the end is no longer in sight and the sentences become unwieldy. This is when… Read more »

If you keep up with the infuriating news about the Trump administration’s statements and actions against immigrants and refugees, the you are probably familiar with the name Scott Lloyd? The… Read more »

With National Novel Writing Month reaching its final home stretch, now’s a good a time as any for some good old fashioned writing advice. Luckily, this discussion from Close Up… Read more »

Reportedly, Mark Twain claimed to be the first author to use the typewriter, and his entire manuscript for Life on the Mississippi was submitted to the publisher in typeface. But, despite his… Read more »

So, you just joined a writer’s group. And you have to share a piece of writing at the next meeting. For some writers, this prospect might trigger an entire flurry… Read more »

As we noted a few days ago, it is difficult to justify the decision to spend $1.5 billion dollars incentivizing a trillion dollar company to move to a city that… Read more »

This week, while the world was looking at other ‘more important’ stuff, cats were quietly going about their business. You know, playing with your shoelaces while you’re trying to put… Read more »

Writing is wonderful, sharing it with other folks is the hard part. If you’re chugging along through NaNoWriMo this month or just working on a novel draft, getting some insights… Read more »

After a whopping 30,000 signatures, the United Kingdom finally responded to this petition to protect public library funds: “Nah, that’s not our job.”  To recap: The petition demanded that the government… Read more »

A recently concluded auction at Nate D. Sanders Auctions saw the sale of 1935 letter penned by Ernest Hemingway describing the vicious battle for a blue marlin at sea that… Read more »

Well folks, it’s November and 2018 is coming to a close sooner rather than later. As fall turns into winter and 2019 approaches, it’s time to check in with your… Read more »

Step 1: Discover that one of your parents lazily never returned a book at the local library. Step 2: Casually toss the book in the library’s book drop. Step 3: Achieve… Read more »

A few weeks back we ran a little checkup on the New York Times that returned a healthful picture of the newspaper’s online revenue, particularly its growth in digital subscriptions. The takeaway… Read more »

A Russian publisher is deleting queer stories from children’s books, reports Daria Litvinova for Reuters via the Huffington Post.  The most recent book attacked by this particularly troubling censorship is the… Read more »

Hear that sound? It’s the sound of New Yorkers writing their “Goodbye to All That” essays. As speculated last week, Amazon has chosen the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens,… Read more »

On November 11th at 11 am GMT, passed the hundredth anniversary Armistice Day, the day World War I came to an official end, and America, in leading the negotiations between the… Read more »

One media professor is taking our country’s reluctance to discern critical information to heart, and teaching students how to detect fake news in social media and more traditional media.  For… Read more »

Our production department (hello, Susan!) works incredibly hard to make sure our books get punctually and perfectly proofed, set, printed, bound, packed, shipped, and stocked. It almost always works like… Read more »

A few months ago we suggested that when we say “poet voice” you knew what we were talking about: a white-washed set of conventions that have come to seem like… Read more »

Last summer, two indigenous poets collaborated to create a pretty badass project. That is, reciting their poetry on top of a melting glacier on a remote spot of southern Greenland’s… Read more »

Writing and loneliness go hand-in-hand. On both sides of the term, writers talk frequently about turning to the page to feel less alone as much as they discuss the craft… Read more »

The good news keeps coming for the UK’s independent booksellers, as they continue to defy financial and logistical obstacles via outpourings of goodwill from local communities. In recent weeks we’ve reported… Read more »

If you’re plugging along through NaNoWriMo this month, odds are, you could use some writing advice. So, take a cue from the fiction writer George Saunders. As a graduate student,… Read more »

Literacy charity Reading Agency and UK think tank Demos teamed up to raise awareness for the transformative power of reading. The 50-page study calls for a £200 million government investment to promote reading. Journalist Arifa Akbar… Read more »

So, you decided to start your own book club. That’s wonderful. Now, how do you keep it running? Or, how do you create reading questions that are thoughtful and discussion worthy?… Read more »

Writer, poet, and musician Benjamin Zephaniah has made it clear that he is not interested in replacing Dame Carol Ann Duffy as poet laureate after her resignation in May 2019.… Read more »