Our new translation of Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need got a mention by Levi Asher in the Feb. 10 post at Literary Kicks.
We shared his 19-point list with this other news:
- A newly-found old video of Beat Generation/Summer of Love poet Michael McClure reading poetry to caged lions.
- Rodger Kamenetz channels Rabbi Nachman with a protest letter after his new literary study Burnt Books gets panned.
- Phatitude’s African-American Literary Festival at the Langston Hughes Library in Queens, New York will feature Amiri Baraka, Quincy Troupe, Ishmael Reed, Shonda Buchanan, devorah major, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephani Maari Booker, Tony Medina, Askia Toure, Haki Madhubiti, Danny Simmons.
- Lisa Catherine Harper on reading poems about yourself by your ex.
- Book recommendations by the eclectic Yoko Ono.
- Electric Literature is running an unusual short story contest with participation from Rick Moody, Lydia Millet, John Lithgow and others.
- David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sings a Shakespeare sonnet.
- Words Without Borders features graphic novels from around the world.
Find details on these and more in Asher’s post, “Roar.”