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Lucy Ives has proven herself to be one of our greatest under-the-radar geniuses, but an achievement like Life Is Everywhere demands attention. The systems have long been in place, but everyone will see them now.
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Books releasing in the first half of 2021 that we can’t wait to read!
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Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Literary events in and around the Twin Cities this week!
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Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Saturday 2/2: Chia-Lun Chang and Lonely Christopher join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, $4:30 p.m., $5. Monday 2/4: Shomari Wills presents Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires, and talks with Samuel Freedman. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free. Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel join the […]
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Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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Rachel B. Glaser discusses her newest poetry collection, HAIRDO, her writing process, and the books and writers that have influenced her.
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreSaturday 8/5: Elizabeth Jaikaran talks with Priya Arora about Trauma: A Collection of Short Stories. Powerhouse Archway, 6 p.m., free. Monday 8/7: Jill Eisenstadt reads Swell. Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7 p.m., free.
...moreSaturday 7/29: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., free. Sunday 7/30: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., free.
...moreLucy Ives writes about Rivka Galchen’s Little Labors for the Los Angeles Review of Books: It’s a study of a baby and of babies, of culture and of vulnerability. Most of all, it’s a study of everything one has missed perceiving previous to the arrival of a child. Galchen’s book is an “extended essay vérité,” […]
...moreOver at the New Yorker, Lucy Ives writes about how some recent works of fiction challenge conventional definitions of historical fiction by “offer[ing] a past of competing perspectives, of multiple voices.” Citing works by Danielle Dutton, Marlon James, and John Keene, Ives notes: These fictions do not focus on fact but on fact’s record, the […]
...moreSure, there’s poetry and there are certain conventions associated with it, but the notion of poetics can exist outside of a literary space. The Believer blog interviews poet Lucy Ives and discusses her views on applying literary theory outside of literature.
...moreOur parents showed up to retrieve us. They wanted to know why we would do such a thing. My friend and I looked at each other and just shrugged our shoulders.
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