Craft Capsule: Who Cares?
The author of Thin Places urges writers to consider the reader.
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Ten Author Readings to Mark the End of 2020
Ten author readings that reflect the beauty, hope, resilience, and strength of writers to confront the failures of the past and to rejoice in the promise of what lies ahead.
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GalleyCrush: Index of Women
Amy Gerstler’s Index of Women, forthcoming from Penguin Books on April 6, 2021.
Small Press Points: Threadsuns
A teaching press based at High Point University in North Carolina that launched early this year aims to feature experimental poetry, fiction, and translation that “maintains a connection to human experience.”
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Literary MagNet: Matthew Salesses
The novelist and essayist on five outlets that he has worked with as an editor or have published pieces from his forthcoming nonfiction book, Craft in the Real World.
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The Written Image: Black Futures
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham’s book, Black Futures, comprises more than five hundred pages of poetry, artwork, memes, essays, and lyrics from Black artists.
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Q&A: Akbar Edits Poetry of the Nation
Poet Kaveh Akbar on his role as the poetry editor of the Nation and the challenges and possibilities of literary editing.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion and The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void by Jackie Wang.
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Books Offer Lifeline in Incarceration
The Prisoner Express program, created by Gary Fine in 2004, supports people who are incarcerated by sending them curated packages of books and offering educational programs.
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Grants Celebrate Disability Culture
The Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have launched a fellowship program that honors disabled writers and artists in a variety of disciplines with grants of $50,000 each.
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A Life in Poetry: Our Sixteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
Ten poets whose first books were published in 2020, including Anthony Cody and torrin a. greathouse, share their inspirations, processes, writer’s block remedies, and paths to publication.
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Little Libraries, Big Impact
The Impact Library Program, an initiative of the nonprofit Little Free Library, brings free miniature libraries to communities where books are scarce to encourage a love of reading and improve literacy across the country.
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Ten Questions for Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
“Every book I write is informed by my whole life.” —Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of The Freezer Door
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Craft Capsule: The Schedule
The author of Thin Places recalls failed attempt after failed attempt to maintain a strict writing schedule.
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Former Poets House Workers and Board Dispute Reasons for Suspension
A look inside the dispute between the former workers and board of Poets House over why the poetry nonprofit and library temporarily closed and laid off staff in November.
GalleyCrush: Girlhood
Melissa Febos’s Girlhood, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Publishing on March 30, 2021.
Ten Questions for Morgan Christie
“There’s never a lack of inspiration.” —Morgan Christie, author of These Bodies
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Craft Capsule: The Arc of Epiphany
The author of Thin Places considers how to write an essay (or essay collection) that follows the arc of epiphany.
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GalleyCrush: Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Libertie, forthcoming from Algonquin Books on March 30, 2021.
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.