Margaret Atwood has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize for her environmental and humanitarian rights work. Pair with a review of The Heart Goes Last.
PEN Pinter Prize
Deal on the Rattling Wall
With past contributions by Joyce Carol Oates, Yusef Komunyakaa and Dana Goodyear, The Rattling Wall (which gets funding from PEN Center USA) appears to have no problem attracting prominent writers. For a limited time, get a three-year subscription at a discount of close to fifty percent.
A Big New Release Tuesday
Lots of anticipated books hitting shelves today. At the top of the list is Michael Lewis's look at the recent financial calamity, The Big Short. Also new today, Chang Rae Lee's The Surrendered, Ron Rash's story collection Burning Bright, Lionel Shriver's So Much for That, and James Hynes' Next, about which we have noted some intriguing Twitter buzz. New in paperback are Victor LaValle's The Big Machine and Dave Eggers' The Wild Things.
“Crouching alone near some tiny ecosystem”
Recommended Reading: Laura Miller on Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation.
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Recommended Reading: In her new memoir, Joyce Carol Oates praises Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass as “the singular book that changed my life – that made me yearn to be a writer.”
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Plimpton Really Would Try Anything
It turns out Martin Amis wasn’t the only literary gamer. Check out this 1980 Intellivision advertisement in which George Plimpton uses his iconic voice to slam Atari’s lineup of sports games — a full two years before Amis' book released.