The author of The Left Hand of Darkness, the Earthsea Cycle, and many other influential and imaginative works passed away Monday. Remembering the incredible Ursula K. Le Guin. https://theportalist.com/ursula-k-le-guin-passes-away-at-88
We are saddened to learn of Ursula K. Le Guin's passing. In this excerpt, the iconic author envisions a plane of existence where no one dreams alone. #RIP http://bit.ly/2DvUIEZ
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TODAY: In 1913, author Barbara Pym, noted by critic Lord David Cecil and the poet Philip Larkin as the most under-rated writer of the century, is born.
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- Fake news, fake history, and the problem of separating truth from lies in the face of wartime atrocity. | Literary Hub
- “This is Mr. Baldwin’s subject, the rareness and difficulty of love.” A 1956 New York Times Review of Giovanni’s Room. | Book Marks
- Books were either decent or indecent, vulgar or civilized, responsible or irresponsible: Vivian Gornick on “deliciously feared” midcentury literary critic, Diana Trilling. | The Nation
- Two scholars have discovered an unseen Edith Wharton play entitled Shadow of a Doubt, written nearly two decades prior to The Age of Innocence. | The Guardian
- “With every book I read, I can’t wait for the happy ending.” An 18-year-old Syrian refugee on the books she turned to in the midst of war. | VICE
- Like a cool teen, the New York Public Library is publishing a zine that will “showcase works from the diverse communities the Library serves.” | New York Public Library
- Margaret Atwood has picked up yet another literary award: the 17th annual Franz Kafka Prize. | Publishing Perspectives
- “One of the strangest things about drawing and writing is that what you’ve written and drawn becomes more real to you than what you actually experienced.” An interview with Kristen Radtke. | Los Angeles Review of Books
- James Patterson has increased the “holiday bonuses” he distributes to individual booksellers in partnership with the American Booksellers Association by $100,000. | Publishers Weekly
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“I don’t understand her at all. All I can do is love, and love isn’t enough.”
—A Winter’s Love, by Madeleine L’Engle. Available in ebook on 5/2!
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Donut worry about us. We’ll just be over here stuffing our faces.
And all this is metaphor. An ordinary hand—just lonely/for something to touch/that touches back.
From “The Touch” (The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton)
When somebody’s all, “So explain why you love this character,” and you just sorta sit there, violins playing softly in the background, like
An excerpt from the titular poem “Monster,” by Robin Morgan. Read the full collection.