The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections

An introduction to three new anthologies, including The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward and Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color.
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An introduction to three new anthologies, including The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward and Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color.
With Regaining Unconsciousness, her first poetry collection in twelve years, Harryette Mullen sounds an alarm for our uncertain future with a poetics both urgent and playful.
In The Book of Records, Madeleine Thien takes on political, historical, and philosophical issues in the wake of catastrophe while offering a portrait of a life that holds hope amid seemingly hopeless circumstances.
“There is no point in learning how to sculpt if you don’t know where to get the clay.” —Devika Rege, author of Quarterlife.
The author of Short War ponders the ways research can deepen a fiction project—and how to know when enough is enough.
“Growth shouldn’t only happen on the page.” —Zefyr Lisowski, author of Girl Work
“Write toward what you want to discover.” —Jim Redmond, author of Because You Previously Liked or Played
The author of Rachel to the Rescue and Ms. Demeanor explores the risky business of fictionalizing public figures.
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told explores the nuances of writing at the intersection of sex, love, queerness, and race.
“I believe that writing is just a form of dreaming.” —Nathan Go, author of Forgiving Imelda Marcos