Ten Questions for Francesca Ekwuyasi
“I was surprised by how much agency my characters seemed to have.” —Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread
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Craft Capsule: Writing Hot
The author of Thin Places celebrates hot-blooded writing.
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GalleyCrush: Festival Days
Jo Ann Beard’s Festival Days, forthcoming from Little, Brown on March 16, 2021.
Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar
“You have to become the person who can write the book you’re working on.” —Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night
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GalleyCrush: Tethered to Stars
Fady Joudah’s Tethered to Stars, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on March 9, 2021.
Poets House Suspends Operations
Poets House, a beloved New York City public poetry library, announced yesterday that it will suspend operations, effective immediately, due to financial issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ten Questions for Simon Han
“Subtlety can be a form of authority.” —Simon Han, author of Nights When Nothing Happened
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Craft Capsule: Against Universality, in Praise of Anger
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities embraces and develops a queer Asian American poetics.
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GalleyCrush: The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed, forthcoming from Grove Press on March 2, 2021.
Ten Questions for Ellen Cooney
“Everything in my life is material.” —Ellen Cooney, author of One Night Two Souls Went Walking
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Craft Capsule: On Nightmares
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities explores personal and collective nightmares.
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GalleyCrush: The Rain Heron
Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron, forthcoming from FSG Originals on February 9, 2021.
Ten Questions for Valzhyna Mort
“My Muse is with me always, everywhere.” —Valzhyna Mort, author of Music for the Dead and Resurrected
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Craft Capsule: On Becoming a Pop Star, I Mean, a Poet
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities traces his origins as a poet.
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GalleyCrush: Fake Accounts
Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts, forthcoming from Catapult on February 2, 2021.
The Year of the Villain: Discovering the Engine of Story Through Your Antagonist
Valuable lessons about characterization, the fundamental core of storytelling, can be found in the panels of superhero comics.
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Ten Questions for Erica Hunt
“I am never without pen and paper.” —Erica Hunt, author of Jump the Clock
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GalleyCrush: Popular Longing
Natalie Shapero’s Popular Longing, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press on February 16, 2021.
Ten Questions for Khaled Mattawa
“Don’t ever find your voice.” —Khaled Mattawa, author of Fugitive Atlas
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GalleyCrush: The Removed
Brandon Hobson’s The Removed, forthcoming from Ecco on February 16, 2021.
Ten Questions for Destiny O. Birdsong
“There are so many ways.” —Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Negotiations
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Craft Capsule: The Writer’s Mind on Music
The author of Each of Us Killers reflects on how music has informed her fiction.
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GalleyCrush: Land of Big Numbers
Te-Ping Chen’s Land of Big Numbers, forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on February 2, 2021.
The Written Image: Quarantine Public Library
In response to libraries shutting down during the pandemic, artists Katie Garth and Tracy Honn have collected a series of short artists’ books that can be downloaded for free and printed at home.
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Literary MagNet: Megan Cummins
The fiction writer on five journals that published stories from her debut collection, If the Body Allows It.
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