Belle Boggs, one of the five writers featured in our tenth annual debut-fiction roundup, is the author of the collection Mattaponi Queen, published by Graywolf Press in June.
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Jul/Aug 2012
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Online Only, posted 6.28.12
Google unveiled its entry into the tablet market; GalleyCat details five ways authors can promote their books; author Jennifer Weiner has donned Jeffrey Eugenides's famous vest to advertise her new book; and other news.
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Online Only, posted 6.27.12
Nora Ephron, author of the best-selling novel, Heartburn, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, passed away yesterday in New York City; a consortium of California library systems is working out an agreement with self-publishing platform Smashwords; Bloomberg reports Google will unveil a tablet device at its developers conference in San Francisco; and other news.
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Online Only, posted 6.26.12
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is considering dividing its publishing operations from its film and television divisions; Print magazine gathered visual art by famous writers, including work by Arthur Rimbaud, Edgar Allen Poe, and Sylvia Plath; novelist and essayist Meghan Daum answers an English teacher's request to write his students about success; and other news.
by Jan Weissmiller
Before heading to the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, held throughout June and July, get acquainted with the reading series, bars, landmarks, and people—including our guide Jan Weissmiller, co-owner of indie bookseller Prairie Lights Books—of designated City of Literature Iowa City.
by Michelle Wildgen
Author and Tin House Magazine editor Michelle Wildgen serves as our guide to the literary locales of Madison, Wisconsin, a city whose lofty earnestness in everything from food to literature inspired her two novels.
by Staff
A comprehensive survey of self-published authors reveals surprising findings, today's writers feel less compelled to look to the past, and today is Towel Day.
by Adrian Versteegh
March/April 2012
Thanks to the accessibility of new digital tools offered by booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, self-publishing is loosing its stigma and holds new promise for writers venturing out on their own.
by Melissa Faliveno
March/April 2012
In the midst of the political protests that were escalating in Wisconsin last winter, three library science majors at the University of Wisconsin devised the Library as Incubator Project, a website for writers, artists, and librarians to share their creations and ideas in one collaborative space.
by Lania Knight
Phillip Lopate, considered by many to be one of the most important essayists of our time, discusses the controversies surrounding creative nonfiction, his own essay-writing process, and the ultimate quality he looks for in nonfiction—an interesting mind at work on the page.
The July/August 2012 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine is out! Read select articles online or visit your local newsstand to read about a day in the life of today's literary agents, fiction writer Charles Yu, summer's best debut fiction, the art of literary branding, and more.
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