The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat and Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison. 

One of the most prominent and liveliest critics in the United States discusses whether or not literary criticism can be taught, the value of negative criticism, and more.

Ben George, a senior editor at Little, Brown who works with some of the biggest names in literary fiction and nonfiction, talks about the author-editor relationship, the plight of the midlist writer, and the art of revision. 

We return to certain novels not only to be enchanted and inspired, to be transported out of ourselves, but also to know ourselves more deeply.

Manuel Muñoz, the new director of the MFA program at the University of Arizona, discusses his new role, healthy creative environments, and common missteps he sees in applications. 

The Merwin Conservancy will become the official owner and steward of the garden that poet W. S. Merwin nurtured for more than forty years.

The nation’s oldest academic center dedicated to preserving Black poetry celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. 

The poet discusses the journals that published pieces from her sixth collection, Nightshade.