How jazzed would you be if you received mail in one of Edward Gorey‘s illustrated envelopes?
E is for Edward who mailed you some art
Tuesday Means New Releases
Sometime Millions contributor Elif Batuman sees her debut effort The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them hit shelves today. Also new today is Not Art by Peter Esterhazy who wowed Garth at PEN/World Voices in 2008.
Dispatch from Palestine
"Palestinian literature is a literature of exile, a quest for identity in a hostile world, a writing of fractured lives and displaced hopes, a record of a human tragedy." In the most recent issue of Asymptote Journal, Fakhri Saleh looks at Palestinian writing since 1948. Pair with Words Without Borders’s special Palestine issue, selected and introduced by Nathalie Handal.
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Loyal Opposition
Widely linked to already, but worth reading: James Wood on A.S. Byatt's The Children's Book in the LRB. A mixed review that nonetheless makes me want to read the book is, for me, one mark of a good critic.
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
Boston Review’s Aura Estrada Short Story Contest is underway. This year’s submissions will be judged by What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank author (as well as Year in Reading contributor) Nathan Englander, and the victor will earn a $1,500 prize as well as publication.
Don’t Let ‘Em
Recommended listening: Benjamin Percy, whose novel The Dead Lands was released just this week, sings "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers" for the debut episode of Poets & Writers's new podcast, Ampersand.
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Goodreads Choice Awards
Make sure you vote for the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards! (And make sure you join our Goodreads group afterwards!)
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