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Life/Lines: Louise Glück in Her Poems

By Misha Grunbaum

November 13, 2012

[In honor of the publication of Louise Glück’s Poems 1962–2012]

Fifty years of poems from a poet not yet turned seventy, brimming with carefully articulated emotion beginning in taut observations —

Fish bones walked the waves off Hatteras.
And there were other signs ....

Woes of the Unfinished Novel: Investigating Bolaño's "Woes of the True Policeman"

By Jake Davis

November 09, 2012

Unlike the last collection of materials gleaned from Roberto Bolaño’s unpublished writings, Woes of the True Policeman does not come with an introduction by the late writer's literary executor (and Savage Detectives character) Ignacio Echevarría. Why?

I See a Voice: Election Hangover Edition

By James Rickman

November 07, 2012

A weekly series that explores a featured theme — this month, it's fire — by pairing classic quotations with urgent images. What recent news items inspired these textual/visual sets? Leave your guesses in the comments; we'll reveal the answers same time next week. Read More

"Louise: Amended" Cracks the Publishers Weekly Top 20!

By James Rickman

November 07, 2012

Having called Louise: Amended "an immediate, unsparing, and beautifully rendered account of loss and recovery" when it came out, Publishers Weekly has now counted the book among its top 20 nonfiction titles of the year. Perfect excuse to catch up with our very own Louise Krug, who turned a massive brain-bleed into a multi-POV memoir, on life since the pub date. Read More

Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Junot Díaz at Book Court

By Kate Gavino

November 06, 2012

A weekly series that celebrates everyone's favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. The same clangers are always asked, but a good writer can provide the most generic question with a stimulating answer. This week, Junot Díaz tackles that tried-and-true Q&A imponderable, the creative writing MFA. Read More

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