A 'Lord of the
Rings' for TV?: Warner Bros. and the Tolkien estate are in talks
with Amazon to develop a series. Jeff Bezos is said to be personally involved
in the negotiations.
Nancy Friday
Dies at 84: The author, whose books about gender politics helped
redefine American women’s sexuality and social identity, died on Sunday at her
home in Manhattan.
Roxane Gay to
Edit 'Not That Bad': The anthology of "dispatches from rape
culture" aims to address the routine levels of abuse faced by women.
The 'New Yorker'
for Children: Kids in the ’70s needed a magazine that didn’t
underestimate them, and they still do. That's where 'Cricket Magazine' came in.
The Woman Who
Translated the 'Odyssey': The classicist Emily Wilson is the
first woman to translate Homer's epic into English—and she has given it a
radically contemporary voice.
Paladin Press to
Close After 50 Years: The Colorado-based gun publisher, media
house, and distributor is closing its doors at the end of the year.
Philip Roth on
Half a Century of Words: Via email, Roth shares a few thoughts
on his new collection of nonfiction with his publisher, Library of America.
Can Kevin Young
Make Poems Matter Again?: He’s written about Prince and our love
affair with fake news—and he's just been named to one of the premier posts in
American letters.
Joe Hill Is His
Own Writer: How do you make a name for yourself when your dad is
the Master of Horror himself, Stephen King?
Finding the
Queer in Sci-Fi and Fantasy: Eight queer speculative fiction
collections, from hard science fiction to lesbian romance set in space to
stories about witches and more.
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