#literary-world

#literary-world

Building a friendship with renowned writer Paul Auster led to a sense of kinship, admiration, and mutual respect among peers in the literary world. [ more ]

Alan Brownjohn was a prolific poet and novelist, known for his emotionally astute and wittily rendered character dissections.

Brownjohn was a diligent campaigner for poetry, serving as the chairman of the Poetry Society and contributing significantly to the literary world. [ more ]

Oregon lost several significant arts figures in 2023

The artistic community mourned the loss of visual artists, curators, writers, performers, and musicians [ more ]

Eddie Linden was the editor of Aquarius magazine and the author of two books of poems.

He faced abandonment, Catholic guilt, and semi-literacy throughout his life.

Aquarius endured for 18 years and published works from esteemed poets like Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon. [ more ]

Diana Athill published nine memoirs chronicling her long life, from her English childhood to her elderly years.

Athill, a renowned editor, co-founded a publishing house and worked with authors like Philip Roth and John Updike. [ more ]

The Jewish Book Council launched an initiative to collect reports of antisemitism in the literary world.

The initiative aims to address incidents targeting Jewish creatives during the Israel-Hamas war. [ more ]