M. Evelina Galang, author of Her Wild American Self and current director of the University of Miami’s MFA Creative Writing Program, is featured in the latest issue of Kartika Review, “a national Asian/Pacific Islander American literary arts journal.” You can read the entire Fall 2011 issue for free.
Kartika Review
The Future of the Book (Studies)
Goucher College announced the creation of a new interdisciplinary minor this week. “Book Studies” will “explore the past, present, and future of the book,” according to the school’s administration. Regarding the “future of the book,” might we recommend our built-in syllabus?
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“What a world. It could be so wonderful if it wasn’t for certain people.”
Woody Allen wasn't kidding when he said he wasn't going to film in New York City ever again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the setting for Allen's next film will be Denmark.
Emma Straub is not an orphan.
Flatmancrooked knows that writers need money, and commercials.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Rakow; Hauser; Le Guin
Out this week: This Is Why I Came by Mary Rakow; The Baker's Tale by Thomas Hauser; and Late In the Day, a new collection of poems by Ursula K. LeGuin. For more on these and other recent titles, check out our Great Second-Half 2015 Book Preview.
Go Read Some Poems
It's National Poetry Month - huzzah! To celebrate, head over to The Literary Hub and check out this list of ten new must-read collections, from Ocean Vuong's Night Sky With Exit Wounds to Jamaal May's The Big Book of Exit Strategies.
A Writer’s Writer
Amber Sparks investigates why short stories are overlooked. She writes, “Most people really don’t like short stories. And that includes lots of critics, who often seem to regard short story collections as a warm-up for the real thing.” Pair with Paul Vidich’s Millions piece about the future of the short story.
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Behind the National Book Awards
Our own Edan Lepucki interviewed National Book Award finalists George Saunders and Rachel Kushner for the National Book Foundation. Saunders discussed money issues in his writing. "Now I feel like paucity vs. grace is one of the great American issues—we all live with it every day." Kushner explained her writing process. "The sentences are beads on a string; I see each one as essential."
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Looking for Mr. Goodreads
TNR's Ruth Franklin test-drives a new online dating service that "purports to match people based on their taste in literature." Spoiler alert: Sebald lovers appear to be out of luck.