Via Jilly et al

1. — A marker with a stanza from “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” on the Wallace Stevens Walk —
2. — The book is in its 21st printing here, having sold more than 20000 copies, an extraordinary feat for a poetry collection —
3. A good overview of the history of, and problems with, literary awards.

4. Fewer than 1,000 of the more than 250,000 books published yearly in the U.S. yearly are works in translation from abroad, ultimately contributing to an isolated cultural atmosphere for Americans.

   "Publishers act like a gate keeper for culture, deciding which books make it into print, and so Americans increasingly live in an echo chamber to the blatant exclusion of all else."