Author: Erin Jones

Round-Up: Roots, Jack Keruac, and the O. Henry Prize Winners

Round-Up: Roots, Jack Keruac, and the O. Henry Prize Winners

From the auctioning off of Jack Keruac’s famous letter to the next book in the Millennium series, here are the latest literary headlines: The letter that is largely credited as the inspiration for Jack Keruac’s On the Road is going to auction on June 16. Addressed to Keruac and written by Neal Cassady, the “Joan Anderson…

Round-Up: Ahmed Naji, Katherine Dunn, and More

Round-Up: Ahmed Naji, Katherine Dunn, and More

From a protest over the imprisonment of an Egyptian writer to the first ever female-led crime writing festival, here are the latest literary headlines: PEN America is teaming up with writers across the globe to protest the “unjust imprisonment” of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji. Last week, at least 120 prominent writers signed an open letter demanding…