The popularity of Pearl London’s classes reveals how fascinating it can be to hear poets speak about their drafts and to learn first-hand how a great poem is made. As Poetry in Person details, students and poets were eager to be involved in London’s course at the New School in New York which, for much
Random House recently announced its 20 bestselling Vintage Classics for 2012 but the two books I’ve most coveted from this retro series didn’t make the list. Both are books I’ve been meaning to read for ages. That is: Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road and Raymond Carver’s What We Talk about When We Talk about Love. It won’t stay
The (US) National Book Critics Circle has announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2012. Winners include Robert A. Caro’s The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Alfred A. Knopf) and Ben Fountain’s debut novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ecco). The nonfiction winner was Andrew Solomon’s Far From the
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