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We’re thrilled to announce that Lisa Jarnot’s book Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus (August 2012) has been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle prize. This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), one of America’s great postwar poets. Jarnot takes us from Duncan’s birth in Oakland, California, through [more...]  In last week’s New Yorker Adam Gopnik wrote and incredibly wide-ranging and ultimately soothing article that, crudely, goes something like this: Don’t worry if these hard times haven’t stimulated your imagination. Necessity is not the mother of invention; leisure is. In fatter times we have the excess energy and resources to sit around inventing. In [more...] We are pleased to announce that Episode 10 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In January’s episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions interviews two journalists. First, he interviews Lawrence Weschler, who is a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of True to Life: Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David [more...] |
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