Diversity Efforts Lead to Salary Hikes
Big Five and indie book publishers have recently increased entry-level salaries. Will it make the industry more accessible to BIPOC professionals?
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Q&A: Girmay Edits BOA Selections
Poet Aracelis Girmay discusses her new position as editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections, a set of poetry books written by women of color and published by BOA Editions.
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New Ways of Surviving: Writing Through a Global Pandemic
The poet and essayist reflects on writing during the pandemic and its impact on her creative life and relationship with the writing community.
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Stories From Here: Sharing the Personal Narratives of BIPOC Writers in the Midwest
The author debunks common stereotypes about Midwestern writers and literature, and reinforces the importance of recognizing and sharing the many stories by BIPOC writers in the region.
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Return to the MFA: A Call for Systemic Change in the Literary Arts
The author considers how race is discussed in MFA versus literature PhD programs and argues that the MFA—and the literary culture and community it props up—is due for a reevaluation.
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Q&A: Uddin Takes the Helm at AAWW
Jafreen Uddin, the new executive director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, discusses her vision for the organization, which has been the de facto home for Asian American writers for nearly thirty years.
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Double Doors Open: A Q&A with Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong breaks new ground with her first essay collection, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, published in February by One World, in which she fearlessly probes the intersections of race, art, and literature.
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Vagrant & Vulnerable: Dawn Lundy Martin, Nicole Sealey
Two of the most dynamic poets writing today, both with new collections out, explore issues of poetry and craft, aesthetics and language, luxury and yearning, drag and systematic repression.
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