Is the newest committee member for Nobel in Literature mocking us all? Or is that just a bad author photo?
It seems now, however, that the first steps of reconciliation are beginning to clack.… Read more »
Why you need to know 2018 Man Booker winner Anna Burns
The winner of the English-speaking world’s arguably most lucrative literary award, the Man Booker Prize, was announced last night. Out of a six-person shortlist that included Americans Rachel Kushner and… Read more »
How many of this year’s National Book Awards finalists have you read?
I’m not going to lie, I rather like National Book Award season. The slow unveiling of long and short lists—the latter revealed this morning by the NBA’s president Lisa Lucas… Read more »
A prize for writers debuting over the age of 50 is a satisfying middle finger to precocious novelists
Literary debuts favor the youth. While publishing your first book before the age of 30 has long been a mark of romantic distinction, it has in more recent times become oppressively… Read more »
Melville House + Booksellers Without Borders
Right now on Kickstarter there is an ongoing campaign very close to our hearts. Booksellers Without Borders is a program through donation that provides, as their campaign states: “American booksellers with the… Read more »
Two cents on second-person POV narration
Your coworker recently passed along an article regarding the rare use in literature of written in a second person point of view. She wants to know how you feel about the form from an editor’s perspective. In… Read more »
Toni Morrison on what motivated her to write her first novel
Being a good writer requires discipline, practice, and good reading habits. But even if a writer has these attributes, they’re useless without having the spark to write. Who knew that The… Read more »
How to introduce an internationally acclaimed writer to American readers
This December, Melville House will publish Revolution Sunday, a novel by the acclaimed Cuban writer, actress, radio host, and televised intellectual Wendy Guerra and in a translation by Achy Obejas.… Read more »
Fall for the Book announces a new award for writing by immigrants
We are, as we always have been, a nation of immigration. According to Jie Zong, Jeanne Batalova, and Jeffrey Hallock of the Migration Policy Institute, almost 14% of all people living in America were… Read more »
Literary hotels make for great latter-half-of-summer vacays
Raise your hand if you’ve ever wanted to board in some swanky library suite or bookstore nook. Well, now you kind of can. Literary hotels are beginning to pop up… Read more »