by | May 5, 2009 | Literary News
from The LA Times Marilyn French dies at 79; author of feminist classic ‘The Women’s Room’ The 1977 novel, which captured the frustration and fury of a generation of women fed up with society’s traditional conceptions of their role, sold 20...
by | May 4, 2009 | Literary News
Amazing this has not happened yet in all of British history. Amazing. -Editor from the UK Guardian Carol Ann Duffy becomes first female poet laureate Duffy takes poetry’s most prestigious job, succeeding Andrew Motion, as a standard-bearer for women poets Alison...
by | Apr 22, 2009 | Literary News
from the LA Times ‘Who Is Mark Twain?’ Previous uncollected stories and essays drawn mostly from his papers and correspondence show why he is so beloved. By Tim Rutten April 22, 2009 When he died 99 years ago this week, Mark Twain was this...
by | Apr 21, 2009 | Literary News
from National Public Radio And The Pulitzer For Forgotten Fiction Goes To… Here’s a list of Pulitzer novels we’ve forgotten. Add your own forgotten fiction in the comment field below — or tell us what we’ve missed.Our Unscientific List Of...
by | Mar 26, 2009 | Literary News
from Newsweek The End of Verse? A recent NEA report finds fiction reading on the rise, while readership of poetry has dropped significantly. Is an art form dying? Marc Bain Newsweek Web Exclusive In January, the National Endowment for the Arts released a report titled...
by | Mar 25, 2009 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from the Los Angeles Times HECTOR TOBAR: Outpost of literature feeds the body and the mind Stefano Paltera, For The Times Sandra Romero of Mama’s Hot Tamales offered space to Librería Hispanoamérica in hopes that they can help one another survive the economic...
