Poets & Writers
Watch George Saunders’ acceptance speech for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, which he received for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
CT Book Award
Okey Ndibe wins 2017 Connecticut Book Award for Non-Fiction for his Never Look An American In the Eye.
New Republic
Solmaz Sharif quoted in article on erasure, Trump, and the power of obliterating ones own words and the words of others.
The New Yorker
Review of Eileen Myles’ Afterglow: a wry, gorgeous, psychedelic effort to plumb the subject of dog-human partnership.
The New Yorker
Listen to this poetry podcast where Charles Simic and Paul Muldoon come together to read and discuss work by Sharon Olds.
New York Times
The NYT asks the question: Where Have All Our Heroes Gone? and cites Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith among current exemplars.
Man Booker Prize
Congratulations to George Saunders, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo!
LA Review of Books
Review of Cristina García’s Here in Berlin: A dispersal of identities is what gives the book its strength.
New York Times
Natasha Trethewey’s Beyond Katrina included on list of What to Read Before You Go to Mississippi.
NYT Book Review
Review of Frank Bidart’s Half-light: his genius is his ability to transform a poem into a moral interrogation.