A Pittsburgh-based nonprofit is offering free housing and stipends to “foreign-born scribes who endured imprisonment, or worse, in their home countries.”
City of Asylum
Beautiful Banned Books
This is cool: in celebration of last week's Banned Books Week, Chapel Hill Public Library held a competition for local artists to create new work based on books that have been banned or challenged. Trading cards were printed from the winning selections, which you can see along with a gallery of all the entries.
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Lethem on Dyer
Jonathan Lethem's profile of Geoff Dyer for BOMB Magazine is available online for a limited time only.
“Best Speech on the Future of Books & Publishing”
Richard Nash's keynote at Booknet Canada: it's not about "getting published" it's about "happiness," which is about "connecting." Chris Anderson of Wired tweeted, "Best speech on the future of books and publishing I've ever seen."
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The Science of Poetry
Recommended Listening: David Naimon interviews Ursula K. Le Guin about her latest poetry collection, Late in the Day. Pair with Paul Morton’s Millions interview with the author.
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Daily Dose of Fiction
101 Words has an ongoing flash fiction series, featuring the works of four writers every Sunday. This week’s edition includes a story by our own Michael Bourne, originally published in Tin House.
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L337 5P34K, on the other hand…
"Slang is here to stay, not as the enemy of Standard English but as its partner."
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