First grader shares textbook with Blake Shelton courtesy of shit funding for Oklahoma schools
A brush with fame is really cool, particularly when you’re young. It’s not as cool, however, when it highlights that your school’s textbooks are woefully out of date. And it’s even… Read more »
Kareem James Abu-Zeid wins $25,000 from NEA for the translation of a masterwork of Arabic literature
The NEA has recently awarded Kareem James Abu-Zeid a $25,000 grant, which will support work on a contemporary, poetic translation of the Al-Mu’allaqat or “The Hanging Poems,” an important collection… Read more »
Writers to #resist at AWP
If Peter Clark’s report on Winter Institute was any indication, the bookselling community is hardly feeling complacent in the face of the drastically shifting American political landscape. The same thing can… Read more »
An update on the Digital Public Library of America
This week in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jennifer Howard writes about how the Digital Public Library of America has been doing since its launch seven months ago. One highlight… Read more »