Reflections from AWP 2017: I mean, do you write?
Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has loved writers. I’m more than happy to give writers the magisterial treatment — their hollow frames laboring over an oaken desk so… Read more »
Melville House authors respond to the 2016 election
There will be no shortage of commentary in the coming days about what just happened. It will be an inundating, heartbreaking deluge of information to contend with, to parse, to… Read more »
Boston bookstore supports writers with new anthology
As Amazon encroaches ever further into the book business with their own publishing arm and, now, a slew of brick-and-mortar stores, there’s nothing more heartening than watching independent bookstores thinking… Read more »
A look back at this year’s AWP Conference
This year’s AWP Bookfair & Conference was held in sunny Los Angeles, which was a blessed relief during a weekend when the Northeast was being hit with hail, chills, and all those… Read more »
Aziz Ansari’s airport treasure hunt
We here at Melville House love a good literary treasure hunt, like the #FreeBookFriday we launched to celebrate The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato. While there isn’t concrete evidence that… Read more »
Sneak peek at our fan zine for “The Ghost Network” by Catie Disabato, out today
Today’s the day! Catie Disabato’s The Ghost Network is on sale at last. It’s one of The Millions’ most anticipated books of 2015, which BookRioter Liberty Hardy describes as “like… Read more »