Poets & Writers

“You have to be simultaneously alert, receptive, and relaxed to let it come out at you.” K atya Apekina, author of The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, writes about her process of creative discovery.

Daily News

National Book Awards, Stan Lee’s Last Superhero, and More

Nov 15, 2018

Washington Post’s Best Books of 2018; CLMP’s Leppendorf passes the torch to Gannon; Poetry...
Hachette Layoffs, Amazon HQ2, and More

Nov 14, 2018

Advice from the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35; the massive success of author Rachel...

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Universal Concerns

Creative Nonfiction

In a recent New York Times profile by Penelope Green, author Anne Lamott says, “I don’t...
Strange Brew

Fiction

“Graffiti Palace was the amazing confluence of three worlds that crashed together:
Headless, Chicken, Monster

Poetry

The headless chicken monster: the stuff of nightmares or a real scientific oddity? It’s actually...

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Literary Events Calendar

November 16, 2018
Creative Mornings CLE
St. John's Episcopal Church8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
November 16, 2018
Bob Dylan: Electric
American Writers Museum10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 16, 2018
Stories and Their Structures: Dramatic and Episodic with Jessica Levine
Mechanics' Institute12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Readings & Workshops

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)

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)

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

BKM Studio Visits: Cecilia Vicuña [Full]

“My medium is the place where art and poetry find a way to expand into the limitless.” Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña talks about drawing inspiration from life, death, disappearance, and the energy of New York City, and describes her... more

G&A: The Contest Blog

Nunez, Acevedo Win 2018 National Book Awards

Posted by Prize Reporter on 11.14.18

The winners of the 2018 National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony tonight in New York City. Sigrid Nunez took home the award in fiction for her novel The Friend (Riverhead Books), and Elizabeth Acevedo... more

Ampersand Episode 22: Susan Orlean, Barbara Kingsolver, Natasha Trethewey by Poets & Writers

In the twenty-second episode of Ampersand, editor in chief Kevin Larimer and senior editor Melissa Faliveno discuss the work of superstar nonfiction writer Susan Orlean, best-selling novelists Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Powers, and... more

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Ten Questions for Claire Wahmanholm

by Staff | Ten Questions 11.13.18

“The best poems I’ve written (or at least my favorite poems) have been the ones that have been the most honest.” —Claire Wahmanholm, author of Wilder

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Publishing Books About Grief

by Gila Lyons | News and Trends 10.10.18

Helmed by Ann Hood, a new imprint from Akashic Books offers a home for books about grief, loss, and recovery.

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Ten Questions for Wesley Yang

by Staff | Ten Questions 11.13.18

“Writing is a form of manual labor and should be approached in that spirit.” —Wesley Yang, author of The Souls of Yellow Folk

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I knew all about Fun Home, the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, when Harcourt joined Houghton in 2008 and her editor Deanne Urmy became my colleague. But I’d never actually read it. With the excuse of it now being homework, I dived in;...”

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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections

by Staff | News and Trends 10.10.18

A roundup of new anthologies, including Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, edited by Glory Edim.

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A poet discusses four journals that published poems from her second collection, Instruments of the True Measure.

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