Brandon Shimoda
“Writing poems for my grandmother was a way to talk to her about the world she was leaving behind.
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In this online exclusive we ask authors to share books, art, music, writing prompts, films—anything and everything—that has inspired them in their writing. We see this as a place for writers to turn to for ideas that will help feed their creative process.
Jessie van Eerden
“What larger story can hold my own? To strive toward originality, I tend to root in origins.
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
“Proverbs are shapeshifters, changing their meaning depending on both speaker and listener.
Saúl Hernández
“As writers, we sometimes forget that silence is also a language within which a poem can be awakened.
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
“Thinking through the line in watercolor, in yarn, in pic and screen capture, in glove and bulb planter.
Amy Stuber
“The most sustaining practice for my writing over several decades has been being outside, walking.
Nora Lange
“You need to feel and think to have something to write down.
Kinsale Drake
“In moments when I give myself room to breathe, the idea for a poem that feels right often peeks through, and I catch a glimpse of a brighter world.
Chris La Tray
“Going out into the wilder world reminds me it isn’t too late to remember; it isn’t too late to return.
Asha Thanki
“Writing is about being alive. Go to your community. Stand with them. Build with them. Break bread and share and listen and march. That is the point of being alive.