Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga reads from “Writing While Black and Female” from her essay collection, Black and Female, published in January 2023 by Graywolf Press. Author Photo: Hannah Mentz
The Faraway World by Patricia Engel
Patricia Engel reads from “Aguacero” from her story collection The Faraway World, published in January 2023 by Avid Reader Press. Author photo: Elliott and Erick Jimenez
Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco by K. Iver
K. Iver reads “Nostalgia” from their poetry collection, Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco, published in January 2023 by Milkweed Editions. Author Photo: Brooke Opie
How to Turn Into a Bird by María José Ferrada
Translator Elizabeth Bryer reads from the opening of María José Ferrada’s novel How to Turn Into a Bird, published in December 2022 by Tin House. Ferrada follows with a shorter reading in the original Spanish. Author photo: Ignacio...
Game Changers: Literary Magazines as the Gateway to Your Career
A novelist explores how submitting to and publishing in literary journals can serve as an excellent education for writers while offering a sturdy platform upon which to build a promising career.
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Q&A: U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
The accomplished poet shares her thoughts on her new role and plans to raise awareness and appreciation of poetry at a national level.
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The Written Image: Contemplation Bowls
To create her delicate book sculptures, Swedish artist Cecilia Levy considers the history, materiality, and composition of old books sourced from her surroundings.
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Library Links to Banned Books
In response to a wave of book banning in libraries and schools across the United States, Brooklyn Public Library launched a program where young readers can borrow from the entire online collection at no cost.
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Writers at Risk
As threats to freedom of expression rise around the world, organizations like the International Cities of Refuge Network and PEN America strive to support writers.
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5 Over 50: 2022 Virtual Reading
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In this virtual reading, Poets & Writers editor in chief Kevin Larimer introduces the 2022 cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors, Sari Botton, author of And You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo (Heliotrope Books, 2022); Shareen K. Murayama, author of Housebreak (Bad Betty Press, 2022); Madhushree Ghosh, author of Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family (University of Iowa Press, 2022); David Santos Donaldson, author of Greenland (Amistad, 2022); and Jane Campbell, author of Cat Brushing (Grove Atlantic, 2022).
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