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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: 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: AN UNTAMED STATE Film Adaptation, Robots, and AWP16

Round-Up: AN UNTAMED STATE Film Adaptation, Robots, and AWP16

From a film adaptation of Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State to robots writing fiction, here’s a look at this week’s literary news: Author, essayist, and editor Roxane Gay can now add another title to her list of credentials: screenwriter. It was announced last week that Gay’s novel An Untamed State will be made into a…