NYT
Read Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s op-ed on the resiliency of butterflies in the face of adapting to dramatic changes in climate, food availability and urban development.
BAFTA
Mr. Loverman, the BBC’s adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel, receives 3 BAFTA nominations.
Best Fiction of the Century
Eula Biss, Hisham Matar, Deesha Philyaw, George Saunders, and others among (some!) of the Best Books of the 21st Century (so far).
Poet Laureate
Kwame Dawes is the new Poet Laureate of Jamaica through 2024-2027.
poets.org
A new poem from Keetje Kuipers’ forthcoming Lonely Women Make Good Lovers, “Emesis.”
LiteraryHub
Read an excerpt from Bonnie Jo Campbell’s The Waters: “The town has a troubled soul.”
Academy of American Poets
Jericho Brown joins Diane Seuss and Afaa Michael Weaver as the Academy’s three, new Chancellors.
Publishers Weekly
Carolyn Forché joins booksellers and authors to raise money for Ukraine.
The New Yorker
An interview with Jorie Graham on distraction, ecological devastation, and the future of the medium of poetry.
Brittle Paper
Kwame Dawes named Brittle Paper’s 2022 Literary Person of the Year.