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So Hyun Chang (of Bittersweet: The Immigrant Stories) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)
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Norma L. Eaton (of Urban Possibilities) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)
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Ashla Chavez Razzano (of 826LA) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)

Poets & Writers Theater

Nick Hornby’s Juliet, Naked (Riverhead Books, 2009), a novel about a couple whose relationship is altered by a reclusive singer-songwriter’s album, has been adapted into a film. Directed by Jesse Peretz, the film stars Rose Byrne, Ethan... more

G&A: The Contest Blog

Deadline Approaches for Omnidawn Poetry Prize
Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.17.18
Submissions are currently open for the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest, given for a single poem. The winner receives $1,000 and publication in OmniVerse, Omnidawn Publishing’s online journal. The winner also receives fifty... more
In the twenty-first episode of Ampersand, editor in chief Kevin Larimer and senior editor Melissa Faliveno discuss the work of Ada Limón and Rebecca Solnit, two superstar authors whose new books are featured in the September/October 2018... more

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Saving Millay’s Home
by Adrienne Raphel | News and Trends 8.15.18

The Millay Society attempts to save Steepletop, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s former home in in Austerlitz, New York.

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2019 MFA Index: Your Graduate Research Starts Here
by Staff | Special Section 8.15.18

A guide to 158 full-residency and 64 low-residency programs in creative writing, plus questions to consider before you apply.

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Agent Advice: Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency
by Staff | The Practical Writer 8.15.18

An agent answers questions on referrals, pitching a self-published book, and what to do if you’re dropped by an agency.

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A Day in the Life of a Book Editor: Caroline Bleeke of Flatiron Books
by Michael Bourne | Feature 8.15.18

For an editor like Caroline Bleeke of Flatiron Books, there is a lot more to the job than simply reading and editing manuscripts.

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Writers recommend
Jane Delury
8.16.18
“When I started to work on my first book, The Balcony, I took down the painting that had been hanging on the wall by my desk and replaced it with a taped photocopy of Judy Dater’s 1974 photograph ‘Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite.’ In that...”
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The Written Image: Jane Mount’s “Bibliophile”
by Staff | News and Trends 8.15.18

Colorful illustrations accompany notes, quotes, and literary trivia about books to read and bookstores to visit.

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Q&A: Baker Seeks Multiplicity of Voices
by Namrata Poddar | News and Trends 8.15.18

Jennifer Baker on her new anthology, Everyday People: The Color of Life, published by Atria in August.

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Literary MagNet: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
by Dana Isokawa | News and Trends 8.15.18

A fiction writer discusses five journals that published stories from his debut collection, Friday Black.

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Lambda Literary Looks to the Future
by Jonathan Vatner | News and Trends 8.15.18

Sue Landers takes over as executive director of the nonprofit dedicated to LGBTQ writers.

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