Bill Manhire
October Calendar
Bill Manhire‘s Selected Poems has been released to much critical acclaim–far more than our predictable, but heartfelt huzzahs. And New Zealand’s former poet laureate has been super busy with all kinds of other poetic pursuits as he prepares to retire as head of Victoria University’s writing program to join the ranks of full-time wordsmiths. <<>> Oct 2 – TC Boyle reads [...]
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September Calendar
Have You Seen Marie?, Sandra Cisneros‘ new fable for adults beautifully illustrated byEster Hernández, releases October 2, but we couldn’t wait to give you a heads up. Knopf is keeping it under tight wraps–no advance review copies, no excerpts–but we’ve had an illicit sneak peek and pronounce it exquisite in every way! Another new book, Pop Art (Art [...]
Gifts from Down Under
The multi-talented Bill Manhire, author of the kickass intro to We Wanted to Be Writers, and director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (among myriad other thriving pursuits) has a new book out next month. Co-authored with several fellow faculty members, The Exercise Book: Creative Writing Exercises [...]
October Calendar
Don Wallace is working on a new Hawaiian cultural documentary with Eddie Kamae. Doug Unger‘s Las Vegas essay, “City of Nomads, City of Second Chances,” is part of the new anthology West of 98: Living and Writing in the New American West, just published by the University of Texas Press. The manuscript of his big [...]
September Calendar
Jennie Fields writes, “My editor called from Fire Island to say she just finished reading the final draft of my new book and LOVES LOVES LOVES it. Now, if she can do for it what she did with Secret Life of Bees and Bridget Jones’ Diary, I’ll take you all to Paris to celebrate!” [We plan to hold her [...]
Early Buzz About the Book
People are starting to talk! Here’s what they’re saying about We Wanted to Be Writers. Rosalyn Drexler: The book arrived and I started reading almost immediately . . . A warm feeling of community and secrets revealed . . . of belonging came over me. Most interesting that so many of us felt we were [...]
A Poetic Charm from Bill Manhire
This is a timeless poetry piece that appeared about ten years ago in a book of essays—after being in a New Zealand literary magazine before that. Thankfully, it has finally washed ashore in America. Charm By Bill Manhire Wen 1 Wen, wen, little wen here you shall not timber nor have abode but journey [...]
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