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The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books including Pure Colour by Sheila Heti and Dream of the Divided Field by Yanyi.
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The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books including Pure Colour by Sheila Heti and Dream of the Divided Field by Yanyi.
A growing movement asks that literary translators receive equitable compensation and acknowledgement, starting with the inclusion of translators’ names on book covers.
Created in response to social uprisings and the pandemic, Lampblack offers direct aid and community to Black writers and publishes an annual magazine that furthers Black literature.
The author’s failed attempts to find a writers group eventually lead her to build one of her own that offers the right mix of rigor and support.
An excerpt from All the Secrets of the World by Steve Almond, who writes in the March/April 2022 issue about the unpublished novels he wrote before this one, all of which were essential to showing him his ultimate job as a writer.
The author reflects on magazines that offered homes to stories in her second collection, Jerks: “All the journals I’ve been lucky enough to publish with celebrate nervy writing.”
To bring attention to gendered book marketing, designer Christine Rhee reenvisions the covers of classic and contemporary books in her satirical series “Fake Books for Men” and “Fake Books for Women.”
A look at the ways writers can benefit from distinctly different kinds of gatherings, including groups offering accountability partners, workshop feedback, and publishing advice.
The novelist and teacher offers advice on starting a writers group where your creative work can thrive.
The best-selling nonfiction author describes the craft lessons he drew from the false starts that paved the way for his debut novel, All the Secrets of the World.
Three new anthologies, including The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
The author suggests writers group options that depart from the typical workshop model, such as freewriting, responding to prompts, and reading together.
Advice on becoming a writer ignores the impact of motherhood—and fails to acknowledge the privileges of canonical writers. The author describes learning “to see art-making as a professional possibility” as a brown mother-writer.
David Treuer, a writer, teacher, and recently appointed editor-at-large at Pantheon, discusses his focus on publishing emerging Indigenous writers and the possibilities of his new role.
“How do you navigate a life in opposition to and in spite of systemic racism, with poetry?” —Angel Dominguez, author of Desgraciado
“Don’t let an algorithm tell you what to read. Disobey the algorithm.” —Sarah Manguso, author of Very Cold People
The author of Nobody’s Magic considers what happens when you lust after your own characters.
“It took me more than a year to put aside my fear of attempting it.” —Lan Samantha Chang, author of The Family Chao
The author of Nobody’s Magic reflects on writing in African American Vernacular English.
“It’d be easier for me to stop talking than to stop writing.” —Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Goliath
The author of Nobody’s Magic shares lessons from writing an unlikable nonnormative character.
“I will miss thinking about Joan and her world every second of every day.” —Weike Wang, author of Joan Is Okay
“Make it so good they can’t reject it.” —Edgar Gomez, author of High-Risk Homosexual
“Everything fell out of me in five intense sleepless weeks.” —Xavier Navarro Aquino, author of Velorio
Ten writers, including Alex Dimitrov and Kaitlyn Greenidge, share the best writing advice they’ve ever heard.