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Kerouac Joins Crew of Novelists
Publishers Marketplace reports that Harpers has agreed to publish “The Sea is My Brother,” a “lost” novel by Jack Kerouac, written in 1942 and based on his experiences in the Merchant Marine. According...
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“The book review page is an odd cultural territory, often inhabited by such hybrid creatures — unlike their contemporaries in other disciplines, where the lines between critic and artist are more...
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“Are you absolutely, positively, and wholeheartedly ready to publish your novel?”Then you’re gonna need this flowchart, created by Ryan Lewis and Anna Hurley for 826 National and highlighted by our...
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In an essay in The Millions, Dominic Smith sets out to answer the question, “How many novelists are at work in America?” Despite panic about the death of the novel, “more novels are being written and...
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“I’m Working On My Novel” is Los Angeles-based artist Cory Arcangel’s latest project. Working with appropriation and social media, the artist handpicked and collected tweets from aspiring writers and...
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The Rumpus Interview with Robert Boswell
Robert Boswell has had an enviable career. Though he’s not a bestselling author, Robert Boswell has had a long list of awards he’s received over his three decades long career including two NEA...
View ArticleThe Second Time Around
2014 wasn’t just the year of the debut—plenty of authors released their second novel, often considered the most challenging for writers to write. Slate sat down with some second-time novelists to...
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The Rumpus Interview with Elisabeth Egan
Elisabeth Egan’s debut novel, A Window Opens, touches on themes that many workers, particularly working parents, can relate to. The protagonist of her novel, Alice Pearse, decides to “lean in” after...
View ArticleThe Literary Hustle
Even after authors finish writing their book, they have plenty of work to do to promote it. With so many books and limited space in media outlets, the literary hustle is a major part of any book...
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Christine Sneed
Christine Sneed has published four books of fiction, all since 2010, when her collection of short stories, Portraits of a Few People I’ve Made Cry, won the AWP’s Grace Paley Prize and was published by...
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