African American
Alternative Nobel in Literature, Makena Onjerika Wins £10,000 Caine Prize, and More
Plagiarism lawsuit against author Emma Cline dismissed; LatinX in Publishing; Independence Day poems; and other news.
Barbershop Books

Creating local reading spaces for young Black boys.
At the Center of Hip-Hop and Poetry

A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.
Patricia Smith Wins $100,000 Poetry Prize, Frankenstein Facsimiles, and More
PEN announces winners of its 2018 Literary Awards; Khaled Hosseini’s next novel to focus on Syrian refugee crisis; Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against Simon & Schuster; and other news.
Haki R. Madhubuti on Black Lit, PEN World Voices Festival, and More
George Washington’s hair found in library book; the importance of rereading; in praise of queer teen fiction; and other news.
Why We Write: Redemption Song
A writer and editor reflects on her work as both creative impulse and ancestral redemption.
I, Too Arts Collective

A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
Rona Jaffe Award Winners, Contemporary African Women Poets, and More
A new documentary explores the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry; PEN pulls YA novelist’s nomination for literary award; Tom Clancy’s widow sues estate over rights to Jack Ryan character; and other news.
Flood Is Water: On Leaving an MFA Program
A writer and publishing professional reflects on her decision to leave an MFA program, and how academic and workshop language can be used to reify the invisible structures that suppress marginalized communities.
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