Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including The Figure Going Imaginary by Marianne Boruch and Marginlands: A Journey Into India’s Vanishing Landscapes by Arati Kumar-Rao.
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Genre: Translation
La Baldi Residency
The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
April 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.
Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City:
Montegiovi
Country:
IT
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2025 to April 2026 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s adjacent 80-acre property, located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private room, bathroom, and kitchen in a house, as well as private studio space and access to the Hale Reference Library. Residents are responsible for travel and living costs.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368. (541) 994-5485. Maria Elting, Program Manager.
Maria Elting
Program Manager
Contact City:
Otis
Contact State:
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
97368
Country:
US
Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency
The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center on the eastern terminus of Long Island in Montauk, New York. Residents are provided with en suite bedrooms in a converted horse stable and separate working studios, as well as shared access to a library, a kitchen, and the center’s grounds. There is no cost to attend, although residents are responsible for meals and travel expenses.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
September 9, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, 192 Lexington Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016. (212) 226-2020. Jakob Holder, Executive Director.
Jakob Holder
Executive Director
Contact City:
Montauk
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
11954
Country:
US
Rockland Residency
The Rockland Residency will offer three-week residencies from October 8, 2025, to October 29, 2025, and from January 8, 2026, to January 29, 2026, to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators in the Rockland Woods, located on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Salish Sea from Seattle. Writers who are at least 25 years old and are not enrolled in a creative writing program are eligible.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 8, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Rockland Residency, 2615 E Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 799-8209. Jodi Rockwell, Cofounder.
Jodi Rockwell
Cofounder
Contact City:
Kitsap Peninsula
Contact State:
WA
Country:
US
The Lab Creative Writing Retreat
The 2025 Lab Creative Writing Retreat will be held from June 14 to June 21 at the Son Sion villa in the village of Porreres, located on a Mediterranean island 30 minutes south of Mallorca, Spain. Programming includes workshops, one-on-one meetings with authors and agents, and space and time to write for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
June 14, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
The Lab Creative Writing Retreat, 11 Martha Drive, Melville, NY 11747. Matthew Clark Davison, Codirector.
Matthew Clark Davison
Codirector
Contact City:
Porreres
Country:
ES
Paris Writer’s Residency
The Paris Writer’s Residency will offer a monthlong residency in October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the American University of Paris. The resident is provided with an en suite single or double room, which includes a work desk, at the Irish Cultural Center in Paris. Some rooms include a private study space, and residents have access to a shared kitchen. Access to the library at the Ecole Normale Supérieure is also offered. The resident receives travel reimbursement of up to €1,500 (approximately $1,544).
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 9, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Paris Writer’s Residency, American University of Paris, 147 rue de Grenelle, Paris 75007, France. Amanda Dennis, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English.
Amanda Dennis
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English
Contact City:
Paris
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
75007
Country:
FR
What Listening Has Taught Me: The Future Is Shaped by What We Remember
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers the nested memories she belongs to, and invites readers to do the same.
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What Listening Has Taught Me: The Smallest Part of Your World
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers how small routines and rituals tell larger stories.
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Jessie Tu on Second Books
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Author and journalist Jessie Tu talks about her experience and expectations for writing her second novel, The Honeyeaters (Allen & Unwin, 2024), and the “colonial and imperialist legacies” around language in a conversation with Annabel Crabb at this Roaring Stories Bookshop event in Sydney, Australia.
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