Hourglass
NPR reviews Dani Shapiro’s memoir Hourglass: it is a clear-eyed inspection of the slow cracks certain to develop in a long marriage.
Hyperallergic
An interview with Adam Zagajewski on creativity: I have this mystical notion there’s this energy in music and poetry and painting.
Washington Post
A review of Jorie Graham’s 12th collection of poetry Fast and Marie Howe’s latest Magdalene: Poems.
Pulitzer Prize
Congratulations to Hisham Matar, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his memoir The Return!
the guardian
Simon Armitage’s latest The Unaccompanied reviewed by the guardian: Luminous and Unsettling.
Guggenheim Fellow
Claudia Rankine awarded a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow in the field of Poetry.
Poetry Breaks
Charles Simic sits down and discusses his writing process with the Academy of American Poets and Leita Luchetti.
The Boston Globe
Review of Dani Shapiro’s memoir Hourglass: She has never written anything as raw, dark, or brave as Hourglass.
NYT Bestseller
Diane Ackerman’s The Zookeeper’s Wife #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers list in Paperback Nonfiction.
NPR Books
Juan Felipe Herrera sat down with NPR for a reading of his work and a discussion of his craft.