The Roundup with PW

Philomel to Publish Chelsea Clinton's First Book

Chelsea Clinton’s considerable list of accomplishments has a new addition: children’s book author. On September 15, Philomel will publish the former First Daughter’s 'It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!', a book for readers 10-14 that examines some of the world’s greatest challenges, explores some solutions to those issues, and shares stories of young people who are making an impact in their own communities and around the globe. more »

Willoughby Wins 2015 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry
For her manuscript, chosen from more than one hundred and fifty submissions from poets across the Upper Midwest, Willoughby will receive $10,000, as well as a contract for publication with Milkweed Editions. »

Agatha Christie Memoir to be Republished: 'Come, Tell Me How You Live' recounts the author's travels with her archaeologist husband after WWII, and features little-seen photographs.

Bin Laden's Fixation on West: Michiko Kakutani at the 'New York Times' looks at the recently released list of English language books found in Osama Bin Laden's compound.

Obsolete Words to Resurrect: These 20 words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but it’s easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation.

Unfinished Welles Bio Found : Archivists at the University of Michigan said this week that they have discovered extensive fragments of, and notes for, an Orson Welles autobiography in a trove of papers newly purchased from Welles’s companion in the years before he died in 1985.

Dante Turns 750: It’s hard to convey the importance of Dante’s place in Italian culture, but there are many possible explanations for the poet's enduring hold on the country.