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Maggie Millner reads from her debut poetry collection, Couplets: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), and Garth Greenwell reads from his forthcoming novel currently titled Small Rain for this reading and conversation moderated by Meghan O’Rourke at Yale University as part of the Yale Review’s Spring 2023 Literary Festival.
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life considers how poets collaborate across time and form.
In this event hosted by Brown University’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, poets and professors Erica Hunt, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, Matthew Shenoda, and Mary-Kim Arnold share their work and discuss their creative processes in a conversation moderated by Lisa Biggs.
Larksong Writers Place is a nonprofit organization operating out of a remodeled Cornhusker Bank building in Lincoln, Nebraska. Larksong’s mission is to help shape the next generation of Midwestern writers to continue the tradition of storytelling through their writing workshops, educational community events, individual manuscript consulting, and co-working space. Sessions are offered online and on-site, where experienced mentors provide tailored advice, feedback, and guidance to help writers develop their skills and refine their work to become published.
The Writers Grotto is a coworking space for writers located in San Francisco. Writers, literary agents, and content producers are able to sublease or rent the mezzanine or office space by the hour. Workshops with teachers from different disciplines and industries are offered for several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, journalism, and screenwriting. Writers may apply to become members to teach classes and attend events. Events are frequently held by the community, such as readings and write-ins, and classes are available daily.
The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University was established in 1984 by Robert and Walter Wick in memory of their sons. Since its founding, the center continues to host readings and workshops, circulate publications, and create scholarship opportunities. Within the center is the Wick Poetry Park, featuring a fifty-seat amphitheater where readings are hosted in the summer.
Last Exit Books and Coffeehouse is a distinctive independent bookstore located in downtown Kent, Ohio. Their inventory encompasses a diverse range of items: secondhand books, DVDs, CDs, and an extensive collection of vinyl records. Situated at the front of the store is a charming coffee house serving locally roasted coffee and baked goods. The shop frequently hosts open mic nights for writers and musicians, as well as an ongoing poetry reading series.
Thank You Books is a women-owned independent bookstore in Birmingham, Alabama. Their inventory includes contemporary works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as selections for young readers, and their website includes a wish list for books donated to incarcerated individuals in Alabama and Texas. The bookshop also hosts literary events, including book club meetings, author events, and poetry readings, providing a vital platform for the voices and works of the city’s literary community.
In January Gill O’Neil’s poem “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” published in the Fall 2022 issue of Rattle, the poet writes about watching the late Tina Turner sing her iconic song in a music video on MTV. “And when Tina sings I’ve been taking on / a new direction directly to the camera, / defiant, her lips glazed a tumultuous red, / she takes her hand and adjusts her / honey brown bangs out of her eyes,” writes O’Neil. This “sweeping gesture” makes a lasting impression on O’Neil as she connects the song’s message to her own experiences with love, recalling the struggles in her parents’ marriage and her own. Consider the lasting impact music has had on your life and title a poem with lyrics from your favorite song. Use these words as a jumping-off point to the memories that come with it.
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life explores how writers might “cover” literary works as musicians do songs.
