Artist Nathan Langston put a unique spin on a game of Telephone by using a fragment of poetry to inspire one artist then another—growing into a multifaceted project with contributions from artists from seventy-two countries.

The critic on the importance of respecting the artist’s labor, reviewing books published by independent houses, and more.

Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, forthcoming from Random House on January 4, 2022.

The agent representing Chris Belcher, Kate Broad, Delia Cai, Duy Doan, and others offers advice about working with a coauthor, changing a memoir to fiction, why agents don’t consider previously published work, and how to become an agent.

“It was a fever dream process of creation.” —Casey Plett, author of A Dream of a Woman

The author of The Devoted recommends looking around the edges of a story to locate the unexpected places and times where drama can unfold.

The author of the new debut poetry collection Gumbo Ya Ya  discusses four journals that first published their work, including BOAAT, TriQuarterly, Southeast Review, and Ploughshares.