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  Poem of the Day: Laura Mullen – “Ghost Mist” | 03.28.12

  3026 readersListen: Laura Mullen – “Ghost Mist” Today we’re bringing you a great poem by Laura Mullen titled “Ghost Mist.” Laura Mullen is a Professor at Louisiana State University. She is the author of six books: The Surface, After I Was Dead, Subject and Dark Archive [University of California Press, 2011], The Tales of Horror, and Murmur.

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  Max Apple Wins $60,000 Pew Fellowship in the Arts

  1403 readersAuthor Max Apple has received a $60,000 Pew Fellowships in the Arts, one of 12 artists receiving the prestigious award this year. Apple began his career with 1976 collection, The Oranging of America. In 2007, he published The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories. He has also written the screenplay for two films, The Air

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  Poem of the Day Podcast: Ada Limón – “The Truth” | 04.05.12

  3889 readersListen: Ada Limón – “The Truth” Today we’re featuring one of our favorites, Ada Limón, who reads a poem titled “The Truth.” Ada Limón’s first book, lucky wreck, was the winner of the Autumn House Poetry Prize and her second book, This Big Fake World, was the winner of the Pearl Poetry Prize. She’s won the Chicago

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  Poem of the Day: Henri Cole – “Away” | 03.26.12

  3801 readersListen: Henri Cole – “Away” Today we’ve got a poem by Henri Cole titled “Away,” which comes from his most recent collection, Touch [Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011]. Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1956. He has published eight collections of poetry, including Middle Earth, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

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  Laura Miller Calls National Book Awards ‘Irrelevant’

  8551 readersThe National Book Award finalists were unveiled yesterday and many readers instantly started drawing lists of influential authors who didn’t make the list. Over at Salon, Laura Miller took the most dramatic stance in her essay “How the National Book Awards made themselves irrelevant.” She cited four popular novels that the judges passed over: The Art

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  Susanna Daniel & Danielle Evans Share PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

  5455 readersSusanna Daniel (Stiltsville) and Danielle Evans (Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self) both won the $25,000 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, as all the winners of the 2011 PEN Literary Awards were revealed today. The winners will be celebrated at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at CUNY’s Proshansky Auditorium in New York City. The

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  Free Samples of the National Book Award Winners

  8539 readers The National Book Award winners were revealed last night. Follow the links below to read free samples of all the winners. The 2011 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature went to Thanhha Lai for Inside Out and Back Again. The 2011 National Book Award for Poetry went to Nikky Finney. The 2011 National Book Award for Nonfiction went to Stephen

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  Free Samples of the Best Thrillers of the Year

  4948 readersLast week the International Thriller Writers revealed the 2011 Thriller Awards nominees. For your reading pleasure, we’ve included the nominees below–complete with free samples of all the novels. The winners will be revealed at the 2011 ThrillerFest in July. If you want more books, we made similar literary mixtapes linking to free samples of the Hugo Award

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  National Book Award Finalists: Free Samples

  11920 readersThe National Book Award finalists were revealed today on the Think Out Loud radio show. We live blogged all the action. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of all the finalists. Here’s more about the announcement: “The twenty Finalists for the 62nd National Book Awards will be announced on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s morning radio program, Think

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  Free Samples of 2011 Hugo Award Nominees

  4284 readersLooking for a great science fiction novel, novella, novelette, or short story? Below, we’ve compiled a giant list linking to free samples from the recently unveiled nominees for the 2011 Hugo Awards. If you want more books, we made similar litera...