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Debating the Value of Blurbs, Isabel Allende on Activism, and More

Feb 25, 2021

Shortlists for Lukas Prizes announced; John Freeman remembers Lawrence Ferlinghetti; the...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Has Died, New Executives and Editors of Color, and More

Feb 24, 2021

Christine Kuan appointed president and executive director of Creative Capital; Brit Bennett and...

Writing Prompts

In Praise

Creative Nonfiction

“Safe to say none of the other Muslim kids on the eastside of Columbus got MTV or BET in their...
The Short Short

Fiction

“Short short stories hold the obvious charge of compressing narrative in a rather extreme way,...
Poem in Prose

Poetry

In the introduction to The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem: From Baudelaire to Anne Carson

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Literary Events Calendar

February 25, 2021
Fiction/Non-fiction Read and Critique with Rich Farrell
The Ink Spot9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
February 25, 2021
February Write-Ins
Online11:00 AM
February 25, 2021
T Greenwood Fiction R&C
The Ink Spot11:00 AM - 1:00 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

Land of Big Numbers with Te-Ping Chen and Charles Yu

In this virtual launch of Land of Big Numbers (Mariner Books, 2021) hosted by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, author Te-Ping Chen reads from her debut story collection and speaks with Charles Yu about releasing a book during a... more

United States of Writing

A Moment in the Dark

Posted by USW Blogger on 2.24.21

If you are reading this and aren’t from Texas, say some prayers. We are still in recovery mode—our homes are still spaces scarred by ice and busted pipes, waterlogged walls and no food or shelter, all on top of a pandemic. Give us grace.It isn’t... more

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Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

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Pandemic Pen Pals

by Emma Hine | News and Trends 2.17.21

Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic.

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Writers Confront Climate Crisis

by Gila Lyons | News and Trends 2.17.21

Writers Rebel NYC, a coalition of writers who are part of the activist group Extinction Rebellion, seeks to encourage conversation and action around climate change through literature.

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Craft Capsule: The Short Short Story

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The author of I Know You Know Who I Am praises the unique resonance of short short stories.

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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin

by Staff | News and Trends 2.17.21

The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard.

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The Written Image: Blue Quilt

by Staff | News and Trends 2.17.21

Artist and author Jillian Tamaki sewed and embroidered a piece called Blue Quilt to document her life during the pandemic.

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GalleyCrush: Stone Fruit

by Staff | GalleyCrush 2.19.21

Lee Lai’s Stone Fruit, forthcoming from Fantagraphics on May 11, 2021.

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Q&A: Girmay Edits BOA Selections

by Dana Isokawa | News and Trends 2.17.20

Poet Aracelis Girmay discusses her new position as editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections, a set of poetry books written by women of color and published by BOA Editions.