Daily Lit Links for 1/14
Peter Reynolds wants you to draw, even if it's just a dot.
Today’s news will thrill short story fans, political junkies, and children’s lit lovers alike, giving you plenty of conversation ammo to power through the weekend. Enjoy!
- Finalists were announced this week for the 2009 Story Prize, a cash award given annually to a collection of short stories. All three of this year’s finalists are first-time authors, and Jacket Copy introduces each selection. With past winners like Edwidge Danticat and Tobias Wolff, the Story Prize aims to bring attention to story collections, which, in the struggle for mass readership, just can’t beat the vampires.
- The most buzzed about title of the week appears to be Game Change, a gossip-mag-meets-politics book about the 2008 presidential campaign. Written by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the book exposes dramatic and occasionally shocking moments along the campaign trails of Obama, Clinton, Edwards, and McCain. Short Stack from the Washington Post points out some highlights from what it calls the “new gossipy book.”
- If you’re a children’s book lover, you’ve probably stumbled across the work of author Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator Peter Reynolds. Rosenthal is best know for her “Little” board book series (Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink), while Reynolds started his career with The Dot, followed by Ish, The North Star, and Rose’s Garden. Now the two are collaborating on a new book, and Omnivoracious brings them together to chat about it. It turns out they’ve been fans of each other’s work for a while, and they both want to inspire creativity in YOU.
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