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Mac Barnett Faces Blowback for His Criticism of Children’s Books
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) The national ambassador for young people’s literature published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback. Mac Barnett, the national ambassador for young people’s literature, was running late. He’d been at Little, Brown to celebrate the launch of “Make…...
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1326+ words) The Guardian Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius Among the many great pleasures of Daniel Okrent’s…...
Poem of the week – from plastic: A Poem by Matthew Rice | Poetry
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (20+ words) Two time-stamped poems are taken from a book-length sequence tracking the human moments of a factory night shift...
Carol Rumens, poet and the Guardian’s poem of the week columnist, dies aged 81
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (464+ words) The British poet, who also wrote plays, fiction and published poetry in translation, analysed almost 1,000 poems for her much-loved series British poet Carol Rumens, whose Guardian poem of the week column ran for nearly 20 years and was beloved among its…...
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (208+ words) The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great – but the story feels overwritten and underfeltMartina Hefter’s Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? has caused much argument in German literary circles. It…...
Video: Poetry Month Reading Recommendations
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (179+ words) It’s National Poetry Month! Greg Cowles, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends some poetry books while writing poems with fridge magnets. new video loaded: Poetry Month Reading Recommendations More in Books › Patrick Radden Keefe on the…...
‘Extraordinary and original poet’ JH Prynne dies aged 89
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (353+ words) The maverick writer and scholar was a pioneer in 60s avant garde circles, and emerged as a cult figure despite an aversion to publicity, and poetry that was hard to parse Jeremy Halvard Prynne, known as JH Prynne, a maverick figure…...
The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1147+ words) The Guardian The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work The writer JG…...
Sarah Hall: ‘Everyone wangs on about Anna Karenina – I’ve never been able to finish it’
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels My favourite book growing up Big books gave me the whirlies so it took a while for them to…...
If You Can Ace This Ancient Mythology History Quiz, You *Definitely* Have An IQ Above 130
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (164+ words) If You Can Guess 91% Of These Ancient Mythology History Questions, You *Definitely* Have An IQ Above 130 We're talking more than Thor and Zeus. Most people know a bit about Greek mythology — and maybe some Norse too (shoutout to the Thor…...