BNA_Daily | July 16, 2010
In today’s news, discover what Jeffrey Eugenides is working on, why poets are wary of e-readers, and whether you are the next Nabokov. Enjoy!
If you’ve been checking out blogs (or Facebook or Twitter) this week, you’ve probably heard of I Write Like, a new site that analyzes a piece of your writing and determines which [...]
BNA_Daily | May 14, 2010
Today’s news attempts to answer the question, “What are the best children’s books ever?” (no, we will never stop looking for an answer to that question) and ventures into dangerous water by assessing the relevance of poetry. Also, Pushcart Prize winners for 2011 have been announced, though apparently we’re not allowed to know who they [...]
BNA_Daily | April 28, 2010
Novels, poetry, and the short story–today’s news is friendly to all forms, so you’re bound to find something that interests you.
British author Alan Sillitoe, a prolific novelist and short story writer who rose to fame in the 1950s, died Sunday at the age of 82. Sillitoe was best known for his novel Saturday Night and [...]
BNA_Daily | April 20, 2010
Warning: today’s news discusses some highly controversial material, including, but not limited to, illustrated penguin families. Read at your own risk…
In honor of National Poetry Month, NPR’s Nancy Pearl recommends 8 books of poetry worth reading. She also explains, in a refreshingly straightforward way, why she chose each collection. In addition to great voice, Pearl [...]
BNA_Daily | April 9, 2010
In today’s news, discover the most delicious reason to go into children’s book publishing, check out the 2010 Hugo Award nominees, and find out why April is a poet’s favorite month. Enjoy!
Once a year, the frequently strapped-for-cash publishing industry gets to be gluttonous at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This year’s fair (which ran from [...]
BNA_Daily | April 2, 2010
Celebrities, reality TV, and gossip fill today’s news. Who knew a literary blog could be so juicy?
GPR Records has discovered an amazing way to make 16-year-old boys enjoy poetry–have Catherine Zeta-Jones read it to them. Today, on April 2nd, the company will release the 3-CD set Poetic License, which features celebrities reading poetry. Stars like [...]
BNA_Daily | September 1, 2009
Published poetry collections are rare these days, and even rarer is a book of poems that gets reviewed by both the Los Angeles and New York Times on the same day. Louise Gluck, who William Logan of the New York Times calls “perhaps the most popular literary poet in America,” is back with a collection [...]
BNA_Daily | May 15, 2009
The poetry world is mourning the loss of Craig Arnold, the award-winning poet who was proclaimed dead May 8th after disappearing in Japan in late April. Arnold went missing while exploring a volcano on the Japanese island Kuchinoerabu-jima, and a team of American trackers eventually followed his trail to a cliff. Arnold was in Japan [...]
