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.
Poets.org
Read “1951” by Brenda Hillman, a new poem from her fourth book about time—the final volume of a temporal tetralogy—forthcoming in 2026.
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).
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Congratulations to Hisham Matar for winning the NBCC Award for Fiction with his novel, My Friends.
Yale Library’s Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry
Congratulations to Major Jackson for being awarded the Yale Library’s Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry for his poetry collection, Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2023).
2024 National Book Awards
Congratulations to Hisham Matar (Fiction finalist for My Friends), Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (Poetry winner for Something About Living), and Rowan Ricardo Phillips (Poetry longlist for Silver).
2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Nominations
Congratulations to Hisham Matar (Fiction finalist for My Friends) and Dawn Lundy Martin (Poetry nominee for Instructions for the Lovers).
New York Times
Hisham Matar, Torrey Peters, Claudia Rankine, and George Saunders titles included on 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
Vanity Fair
Stephanie Burt on Taylor Swift, relatability, and her course at a college famous for being famous.