Author: Sarah Duffett

Round-Up: The Poetry Book Society, 2016 YA Book Poetry Prize, and “The Other NBA”

Round-Up: The Poetry Book Society, 2016 YA Book Poetry Prize, and “The Other NBA”

From the closing of the Poetry Book Society to the 2016 YA Book Prize, here’s this week’s biggest literary news: The Poetry Book Society announced that it will be shutting its doors after over fifty years of service to the literary community. The PBS is widely known for supporting the sale of poetry: acting as a book club by…

Round-Up: #WritersOnTrump, Suzanne Collins, and the Northern Illinois University Press

Round-Up: #WritersOnTrump, Suzanne Collins, and the Northern Illinois University Press

From writers protesting Trump to a university-funded press closing, here’s a look at the latest in literary news: This week, over found-hundred writers signed an open letter denouncing Donald Trump. Titled “An Open Letter to the American People,” the letter outlined the writers’ issues with Trump, and claimed that Trump’s campaign “demands . . . an immediate and…