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Dali Adekunle criticizes the dehumanization of essential workers; Genevieve Hudson shares their coming out story; Fitzcarraldo Editions celebrates six years in business; and other stories.
Amistad Press launches #BlackoutBestsellerList campaign; Brit Bennett discusses publishing a book during a time of protests and pandemic; Camille Dungy reflects on beauty and suffering; and other stories.
Noreen Tomassi retires from the Center for Fiction; poet Roger Robinson on poetry and activism; Jean Kyoung Frazier talks fantasy and slackers; and other stories.
The author of This Is One Way to Dance resists genre limitations and seeks her own unique form.
Hanif Abdurraqib launches ’68 to ’05, a playlist and music archival project; Cameron Awkward-Rich on grieving and protesting Tony McDade’s death; Zadie Smith to publish essay collection written during early months of pandemic; and other news.
The author of Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distractions, and Other Dilemmas in the Writer’s Life talks about the impetus for writing the book, response after its publication, and its lessons for a new generation of writers.
Candice Carty-Williams critiques the gatekeepers of publishing; ZORA celebrates its first anniversary; Vallaire Wallace finds lessons for activism in a novel by Nina Revoyr; and other stories.
Fellows and collaborators seek reform at Fine Arts Work Center; English PEN awards nineteen translation prizes; Nic Stone and Kim Johnson discuss racial justice in the world and in young adult literature; and other stories.
The Book Traces project at the University of Virginia documents annotations, marks, and objects found in library books, creating a record of readers’ engagement with the book as a physical object.
With the spread of COVID-19, organizers of literary events across the United States have devised creative ways to move programming online and build community among writers.
