WritersCorps: Not Just Another Artists-in-the-Schools Program
Sixty professional writers work as residents at community organizations in the Bronx, San Francisco, and Washington D. C.
Department: Feature
Pleasure or Punishment: Hearing a Poet Read
Since a poetry reading can't help being a performance, it ought to be good theater.
New American Blues
In his forthcoming book, a writer recounts how a poor family's love of literature connected them to their community.
The Wendy Weil Literary Agency
Despite a long list of powerful clients, Weil likes to keep her office small and traditional.
Words of Power: Native American Writers
The last decade has seen the emergence of new Native American writers with roots in an ancient oral tradition.
Meeting Miss Welty
A writer remembers the days he spent in Alabama almost two decades ago with his favorite Southern author.
Yusef Komunyakaa: Blue Note in a Lyrical Landscape
A profile of poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
Madison Smartt Bell: Seeing in Black and White
A profile of Madison Smartt Bell.
Dave Eggers: And His Calculatingly Intuitive Response to Some Sincerely Cagey Questions
A profile of Dave Eggers.
On God, Duncan the Dog, Beethoven, Dr. Joyce Brothers: A Profile of (Who Else?) Kelly Cherry
A profile of poet and prose writer Kelly Cherry.
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