The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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April 11, 2014
Doctor Zhivago Used by CIA as Propaganda
Newly released documents reveal the CIA’s use of the novel Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, in a secret campaign behind the Iron Curtain. Read more...
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April 9, 2014
Peter Matthiessen has Died
Peter Matthiessen, 86, died of leukemia Saturday April 5, 2014 in his Sagaponack, New York home. Read more...
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April 4, 2014
Trial Forthcoming: Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple in E-book Price-fixing Gets OK from Judge
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote granted class certification to the suit accusing Apple of violating antitrust law and conspiring with five major publishers to fix e-book prices. Read more...
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April 4, 2014
Karen Joy Fowler Wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award
For her novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler has won this year’s PEN/Faulkner award, which honors the best works of fiction by American authors each year. Read more...
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April 2, 2014
80 Years Post-Rejection, Samuel Beckett Story to Finally See Publication
Echo’s Bones, a 13,500-word short story commissioned for More Pricks Than Kicks, Beckett’s anthology published in 1934, was rejected and kept out of the collection. Read more...
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April 2, 2014
Amazon's Very Own Litmag is Open for Submissions
Day One, Amazon’s weekly literary journal, launched October 2013 and delivered digitally via the Kindle e-reader device, is open to submissions by unpublished authors, poets, and visual artists. Read more...
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April 1, 2014
Maria Mazziotti Gillan Wins the 2014 George Garrett Award
AWP’s Board of Directors recognizes Maria Mazziotti Gillan with the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature. Read more...
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March 25, 2014
AWP’s Support for Adjunct Faculty
AWP has reported regularly on the predicaments of adjunct faculty since 1988, when we published “The 37% Solution” in the AWP Newsletter. Read more...
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March 25, 2014
Passover & AWP 2015 Conference & Bookfair in Minneapolis
The next AWP conference will open on the fifth day of Passover. We apologize for any problems this scheduling may cause you. The conference staff is now developing accommodations for our members who wish to observe the holiday while they attend the conference. Read more...
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March 13, 2014
Wilkes University’s Bonnie Culver Elected President of AWP’s National Board of Trustees
AWP is pleased to announce the election of Bonnie Culver as president of the organization’s board of trustees. Read more...
