Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—publishing reports, literary dispatches, academic announcements, and more—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories.
The Poetry Coalition is piloting a new paid fellowship program [2]. Each year five different member organizations will host individual part-time fellows over a forty-week period. This year’s host organizations are CantoMundo, Cave Canem, Kundiman, Mizna, and Split This Rock; applications are due on July 15.
After facing intense scrutiny [3] over issues of transparency, diversity, and inclusion this winter, the Romance Writers of America has announced it will permanently cease its RITA Awards program [4]. In its place, the organization plans to introduce a new award, the Vivian, which will be developed by a task force “guided by the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Science and art are of a piece, different but complementary forms and systems of knowledge.” Lydia Millet, the author of A Children’s Bible, argues that both science and art are critical to building a sustainable future [5]. (Chicago Review of Books)
At the Creative Independent, John Paul Brammer talks productivity during the pandemic [6], and translating his popular advice column, ¡Hola Papi!, into a memoir.
“People can’t understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how it’s a gift.” Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of Braiding Sweetgrass, on restoring respect for nature [7]. (Guardian)
Annapurna Television has bought the rights to adapt Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You as a limited series [8]. (Variety)
TIME recommends forty-five forthcoming summer titles [9], including Lynn Steger Strong’s Want, Kelli Jo Ford’s Crooked Hallelujah, and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Death in Her Hands.
Carter Sickels curates a reading list of queer fiction in rural settings [10]. (Literary Hub)
And the Daily Shout-Out goes to Ann Patchett [11] for spotlighting new books via video messages on the Parnassus Books Instagram page. Her latest recommendation is I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott.