Q&A: Gumnit Leads Little Free Library
The new executive director and CEO of Little Free Library discusses the power of community organizing and the importance of championing banned and diverse books.
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Disclosures: Earning, Sustaining, and Honoring Your Readers’ Trust
While writing a novel containing themes of sexual abuse, an author worked hard to earn and sustain her readers’ trust, which was reciprocated by readers in the form of unexpected, personal disclosures at launch events.
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Celebrating the Earth That Lifts Us Up: Contests Honoring Environmental Writing
A unique field of awards recognizes the capacity of writers to tell the Earth’s stories with wonder and to advocate for its protection.
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The Hellbender Gathering of Poets
Poets gather in Black Mountain, North Carolina, to reflect on our climate-changed world.
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A Poetry Prize Without Borders
New Directions, Fitzcarraldo Editions, and Giramondo partner for a new translated poetry prize, connecting literary communities across the globe.
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Small Press Points: 42 Miles
Founded in 2010 at Indiana University in South Bend, 42 Miles Press publishes “stirring, daring” poetry and encourages authors to submit work they “might be afraid to send elsewhere.”
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Write a poem using a variety of sounds to convey complex feelings, a story in which the setting reveals the mindset of a character, or a portrait of your life using overheard, seen, or invented language as it occurs throughout your day.
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Literary MagNet: Alan Chazaro
The poet Alan Chazaro highlights journals that have published his poems, which meditate on the “physical and social dimensions” of space.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla and I Was Bonnie & Clyde by Laura Kasischke.
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A Win Right on Time: Contests for Older Writers
The author of Dreamt I Found You talks to editors and writers about a growing number of prizes honoring debuts at age 50, 60, 70, or beyond, recognizing that there is no one timeline for being a writer.
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