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Language Spats, Melissa Febos on the Female Memoir, and More

Jun 18, 2019

Sarah Manguso on writing about menopause; when Gloria Vanderbilt reviewed children’s books;...
A Secret Literary Fellowship, Dorothea Lasky on Dancers and Demons, and More

Jun 17, 2019

Paris Review publisher Susannah Hunnewell has died; Taffy Brodesser-Akner on reading...

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Plant Sounds

Poetry

Have you ever listened to a plant? Adrienne Adar’s “Sonic Succulents: Plant Sounds and Vibrations...
The Rabbit Hole

Creative Nonfiction

“My feckless Googling had reaped a monstrous reality that I knew was going to haunt me for the...
To the Lighthouse

Fiction

In “Job Opening: Seeking Historian With Tolerance for Harsh Weather, the Occasional Bear,”

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Literary Events Calendar

June 18, 2019
Cancelled: Fiction Read and Critique with T. Greenwood
Inspirations Gallery10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
June 18, 2019
Author Talk and Book Signing with Christine M. DeLucia
State House-Room 34112:00 PM - 1:00 PM
June 18, 2019
Mindfair Poets in Oberlin
Ben Franklin & MindFair Books4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Readings & Workshops

Alla Abdulla-Matta presents her work at the Ninth Annual Connecting Cultures Reading. The event took place at the Center for Book Arts in New York, New York on May 15, 2018. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

Poet Juan Delgado at the Cholla Needles Monthly Reading. The event took place at Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, California on October 7, 2018. (Credit: Bob DeLoyd)

Marty Carrera at the Seventeenth Annual Intergenerational Reading. The event took place at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York, New York on June 23, 2018. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

Poets & Writers Theater

Writers on the Fly: Brian Evenson

“My favorite form is the long short story or the novella because I think it allows you a little bit more breadth and scope in terms of what you can do.” Brian Evenson, whose eighth story collection, Song for the Unraveling of the World (... more

G&A: The Contest Blog

June 15 Contest Roundup

Posted by Prize Reporter on 6.12.19

Writers! Three days left to send your work to the following contests, all with a deadline of June 15. There are opportunities for poets, fiction writers, and translators. All of the contests offer a first-place prize of at least $1,... more

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Four Lunches and a Breakfast: What I Learned About the Book Business While Breaking Bread With Five Hungry Agents

by Kevin Larimer | Special Section 6.12.19

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by Staff | Feature 6.12.19

Our annual debut fiction roundup features novelists Ruchika Tomar, Chia-Chia Lin, Miciah Bay Gault, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, and Regina Porter.

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The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead and Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn.

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