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Category Archives: Interviews
Bookmarks #2: Brattleboro Books, Brattleboro, VT
The Bookmarks series will profile unique bookstores and literary spaces across the country. These landmarks, often celebrated within the cities featured in our Literary Boroughs series, are home to myriad readings, panels, classes, workshops, and—of course—books. Posts are merely introductions … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookmarks, bookstores, Brattleboro Books, Brattleboro VT, Vermont
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What Do Taylor Swift and Faulkner Have in Common?
Um, the answer is this guy. Hey Writing World, meet Amos Heller: The much-loved, many-fanned bass player for Taylor Swift. (And, ahem, for Ellery.) I’m introducing you to him because—(#truth)—Amos’ literary prowess would put many of us to shame. When I first I got … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Shades, A Farewell to Arms, Amos Heller, Asimov, Barbara Kingsolver, bass, Eliot, Faulkner, Fifty Shades, Graceland, Grammy, Haldeman, Herbert, Hidden America, Jules Verne, Light in August, Lincoln, Love Song of J. Alfred, music, musician, Nashville, Niven, Paul Simon, poetry, Pohl, sci-fi, science fiction, Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Shakespeare, Shel Silverstein, Taylor Swift, The Poisonwood Bible, tour, William Faulkner
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Milk-Producing, Duck-Billed, and Venomous: The Reanimation Library
It’s a digital age, but we’re still mad for paper! Even as readers embrace the connectivity and convenience offered by iPads and Kindles, there are still many good reasons to celebrate a book’s physicality. In Ploughshares’ Book Arts series, we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Beccone, art, Book Arts, Brooklyn, Library, New York, Proteus Gowanus, Reanimation Library
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The Books We Teach #2: Interview with Roxane Gay
The Books We Teach series will feature primary, secondary, and post-secondary educators and their thoughts about literature in the face of an evolving classroom. Posts will highlight literary innovations in teaching, contemporary literature’s place in pedagogy, and the books that … Continue reading
An Interview with Reese Okyong Kwon
Reese Okyong Kwon’s writing has appeared in the Believer, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, and elsewhere. She has been named one of Narrative’s “30 Below 30″ writers, and has received scholarships and fellowships from Yaddo, Ledig House, and the Bread Loaf … Continue reading
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Tagged Norman Rush, Reese Okyong Kwon, Victoria Falls Hotel
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Reading the Environment: Book Artist Melissa Jay Craig
It’s a digital age, but we’re still mad for paper! Even as readers embrace the connectivity and convenience offered by iPads and Kindles, there are still many good reasons to celebrate a book’s physicality. In Ploughshares’ Book Arts series, we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Artists' Books, Book Arts, Chicago, Deaf, Environment, Handmade paper, Melissa Jay Craig, Nature
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The Books We Teach #1: Interview with Matt Bell
The Books We Teach series will feature primary, secondary, and post-secondary educators and their thoughts about literature in the face of an evolving classroom. Posts will highlight literary innovations in teaching, contemporary literature’s place in pedagogy, and the books that … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Matt Bell, pedagogy, The Books We Teach
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The AWP13 Post You’ve Been Waiting For
No need to be coy. Step right up and behold: the pre-AWP13 post you’ve all been waiting for! Now, some of you may already know that Ploughshares is based in Boston, the very city that will be teeming with hordes of … Continue reading
Binding Community: North Branch Projects Turns Pizza Boxes into Books
It’s a digital age, but we’re still mad for paper! Even as readers embrace the connectivity and convenience offered by iPads and Kindles, there are still many good reasons to celebrate a book’s physicality. In Ploughshares’ Book Arts series, we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Arts, bookbinding, Chicago, Regin Igloria
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Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che
Cathy Linh Che is the author of Split (Alice James, 2014), the winner of the 2012 Kundiman Poetry Prize. She received her MFA from New York University and is the recipient of fellowships from The Fine Arts Work Center at … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathy Linh Che, Hedgebrook, Kundiman Poetry Prize, New York University, Poets House, Split, Vietnam
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