Conveying Music and Dance in Fiction: Getting It on the Page

The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends writers research vocabularies specific to their characters’ lives to ensure the novel’s world feels believable.
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The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends writers research vocabularies specific to their characters’ lives to ensure the novel’s world feels believable.
The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends writers discover their structure as they write.
Christine Sun Kim’s art practice uniquely melds different mediums with ASL to address her experience as a Deaf individual in a hearing-centric world, prompting viewers to reflect on accessibility and ableist exclusion.
“Streamline. Outline. Find your center of gravity.” —Mike Fu, author of Masquerade
The author of I’ll Give You a Reason considers what short fiction writers can learn from popular songs.
The author of Midwhistle contemplates the common ground between jazz music and poetry.
“In the intimacy of the book, I feel very vulnerable.” —Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who’ve Made Me Who I Am
The author of What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems examines poetic approaches to narrative.
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved reflects on the sonic pleasures of verse and offers an exercise in attending to poetry’s music.
A look at three new anthologies, including Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves, edited by Nicole Chung and Matt Ortile.