Pandemic Pen Pals
Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic.
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On Teaching While Black in the Time of COVID and Emboldened Racism
What is the role of a teacher during a pandemic? What is the role of a Black woman teaching in a red state during the Trump presidency? A poet, essayist, and professor considers the unpaid labor of women and faculty of color.
2021 Southern Book Prizes, #WeToo Narratives, and More
Katherine A. Powers reviews audiobooks with multiple narrators; Paisley Rekdal wrestles with the complexities of cultural appropriation; Ottilie Mulzet writes on translation and her identity as an adoptee; and other stories.
Muslim Voices in Publishing, University of Toronto Press Donates to Black Lives Matter, and More
New website honoring James Tate launches; Karen Tei Yamashita discusses writing about her Japanese American identity; Zak Salih describes the urgency that fuels his writing; and other stories.
The Workshop Should Be a Model of Diversity—It’s Not
The novelist and author of Craft in the Real World traces the historical origins of the creative writing workshop and its tradition of silencing writers of color.
Tracy K. Smith on Black Poetry, Inside the Hollywood Book-to-Screen Boom, and More
Poetry Coalition announces March programming will focus on environmental justice; Knopf will publish new Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book in May; publishing professionals debate the growing use of moral clauses in book contracts; and other stories.
Ruth Dickey to Lead National Book Foundation, 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Shortlists, and More
Bookshop and Bookshop U.K. adjust “pool funds” payment schedule; Ross Gay and Bon Iver collaborate on video poem; A. E. Osworth writes on their fascination with horror media; and other stories.
Asako Serizawa Wins the Story Prize Spotlight Award, Spare Zoom Project Demystifies Publishing, and More
New scholarships announced for New York University’s summer publishing program; Jeremy Atherton Lin discusses weaving personal and researched histories; Victor Ehikhamenor combs through his father’s archives; and other stories.
Inaugural PERIPLUS Fellows, Kiki Petrosino Wins Rilke Prize, and More
Afrofuturist graphic narratives surge in popularity; Hilton Als writes in praise of Tove Ditlevsen; the Margins shares flash fiction horoscopes; and other stories.
Amanda Gorman Reads at the Super Bowl, Hachette Fires Center Street Editorial Director, and More
Urvi Kumbhat writes on mangoes in South Asian diasporic literature; Dantiel W. Moniz celebrates the physical power of the sentence; Te-Ping Chen explains how working as a journalist helped inspire her fiction; and other stories.
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