Calvin Trillin: An Interview
"I don't believe in the old saw that you can't teach or improve writing," says journalist, fiction writer, and one of America's favorite humorists, Calvin Trillin.
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The Nuyorican Poets Café Reopens
After a nine-year hiatus, this literary salon reemerges with renewed spirit and expanded vision.
William Stafford: An Interview
Poet William Stafford teaches writing in an unusual and innovative way.
Saturday's Women
Saturday Press in Montclair, New Jersey, is devoted to publishing the poetry of women over the age of forty.
The Antic Sound of Mortality
What are literary magazine editors looking for? The editor of Sewanee Review gives his answer in an excerpt from a new book.
Poetry Slamming in Chicago
Chicago has experienced a poetry renaissance, with the introduction of a strange, new ritual.
Selling to the Seller: An Inside Look at Bookstores
Everything you ever wanted to know about bookselling—and never bothered to learn.
A Tribute to Donald Barthelme
A writer recalls the late poet Donald Barthelme's economy of language.
Sex, Art, and Jesse Helms
A call for America's art lovers to compose a counter-chorus to the congressional Fear-of-Sex Follies.
Council Oak Books
Two members of a writers' circle in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have started a small press to publish beautifully crafted books.
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