Ten Questions for E. Y. Zhao

“I try to write every day, whether that’s generating new words or taking a walk to think about a revision problem.” —E. Y. Zhao, author of Underspin
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“I try to write every day, whether that’s generating new words or taking a walk to think about a revision problem.” —E. Y. Zhao, author of Underspin
Your internet obsessions can become your writing’s obsessions; allow those passions to animate your book.
One poet’s personal reading goal gone viral, the Sealey Challenge invites participants to read a book of poetry every day in August and to share their reading lists publicly, offering sustained immersion in poetry and its community.
It’s a stranger time than ever to exist online. An experienced agent at Frances Goldin advises anxious writers to focus on craft and not let cultivating an online following get in the way of writing the strongest manuscript possible.
The person behind the viral Instagram account @poetryisnotaluxury talks about their approach to selecting poetry for a digital platform versus a print anthology, the value of anonymity, and more.
“Write toward what you want to discover.” —Jim Redmond, author of Because You Previously Liked or Played
Since 2020 #BookTok, the hashtag that represents the book-loving community on TikTok, has emerged as a powerful force.
“Engaging with art doesn’t have to be about understanding something or getting the right answer.” —Beth Morgan, author of A Touch of Jen
The author of Love and Other Poems offers an antidote to the usual despair and hysteria on Twitter by writing an endless poem about love.
The author of With Teeth celebrates absurdist humor.