Be Bold: A Profile of Ocean Vuong
Following the acclaim of his debut poetry collection, Ocean Vuong found power in imagination and freedom in embellishment and wrote a stunningly original novel: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
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Selling Your Second Book: Warnings and Reassurances
Once you publish your first book, what’s in store for the next? A novelist offers advice she gleaned from her experiences publishing her second book, and dispels a few myths.
The Road Less Traveled: Making It Without an MFA
No MFA? No problem. A novelist shares his journey to publication—and becoming a successful full-time writer—without attending a graduate writing program.
House Hunting: Finding a Home for Your Characters
A fiction writer’s habit of imagining the lives of people who live in her favorite houses leads to serious research for her novel.
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Worth the Wait: A Profile of Arundhati Roy
Readers have anticipated a new novel from the author of The God of Small Things for two full decades. Now, with the release of Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, the wait is over.
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The Standard Grand by Jay Baron Nicorvo
Jay Baron Nicorvo reads an excerpt from his new novel, The Standard Grand, published in April by St. Martin's Press.
The Other Side of Burning
In her new dystopian novel, The Book of Joan, Lidia Yuknavitch takes readers to a not-so-distant future, where the earth has been ravaged by war, a dictator has taken over, and humanity’s best hope for survival is a reimagined Joan of Arc.
Books by Refugees in America, Writers Plan to Lobby at AWP, and More
Women’s Prize for Fiction seeks new sponsor; Roxane Gay’s ABA conference keynote; Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s return to fiction; and other news.
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Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Publisher, Solange Buys Books for Fans, and More
Poet Susan Howe wins lifetime achievement award; what funding cuts to the NEA and NEH means for writers; Latinx writers on the lack of Latinx faculty at retreats; and other news.
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Orwell’s 1984 Hits Amazon’s Best-Seller List, Writers on Activism, and More
Ron Padgett on the poems he wrote for the film Paterson; Philip Roth on the similarities between the current presidency and one of his novels; writers on Burns Night; and other news.
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