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Poets and educators work to fight campus carry bills.
The influence of Instagram on the way we read poetry.
An essayist discusses five journals that published work from her debut collection, Tonight I’m Someone Else.
A fiction press for first-time authors.
The first lines of a dozen new books, including Sick by Porochista Khakpour and Sons of Achilles by Nabila Lovelace.
The iconic Seattle literary arts organization plans for the opening of a new space for writers.
A new graphic novel out from Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly.
With publishers both large and small leading the way, literary vinyl makes a comeback.
A poet discusses five journals that published poems from his second collection, Pardon My Heart.
A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.
A Missouri-based publisher of poetry and fiction allows authors more creative control over their books.
Library of America editorial director John Kulka on the importance of publishing classic American literature.
The first lines of a dozen new books, including The Dream of Reason by Jenny George.
A London-based initiative works to collect and archive poems in endangered languages.
A small press based in Austin, Texas, and Des Moines offers a new model for submissions.
The Tournament of Books kicks off its fourteenth year.
Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp’s new book features a hundred women who have changed the world.
Split This Rock’s outgoing executive director on the intersection of poetry and politics, and the organization’s upcoming festival.
Dionisia Morales on five journals that published essays from her debut collection, Homing Instincts.
A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
The first lines of a dozen new books, including Feel Free by Zadie Smith.
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features the Hilo, Hawai’i–based Saddle Road Press.
Melanie Janisse-Barlow turns the tables on a long tradition of poets finding their muse in visual art through her Poets Series project, a collection of painted portraits of poets.
In celebration of ten years, sixty-five million users, and sixty-nine million book reviews, a history of Goodreads—from its beginnings as a tool for readers to its growth into an important platform for book promotion.
Fiction writer Danielle Lazarin discusses five journals that have published her short stories, some of which appear in her debut collection, Back Talk, forthcoming from Penguin Books in February.