Ten Questions for Caleb Azumah Nelson
“I’m always trying to leave room in my writing for surprise.” —Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Small Worlds
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Ten Questions for Sarah Rose Etter
“Finish the draft. Nothing else matters.” —Sarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe
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What the Orifice Wants: On Boundlessness
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told contemplates writing about and beyond personal boundaries.
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Respiratory Flow: Lungs as Knowledge
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told considers the role of the breath in poetic composition.
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Ten Questions for Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
“I didn’t set out to write exactly this book.” —Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, author of Negative Money
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Race, Desire, and Mirror-as-Beloved
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told explores the nuances of writing at the intersection of sex, love, queerness, and race.
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Ten Questions for Stacy Jane Grover
“I had to learn through writing the book how to discipline my creativity so that I could write whenever and wherever I needed to.” —Stacy Jane Grover, author of Tar Hollow Trans
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The Archive and the Everyday
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life examines the power of recovering lost literary voices.
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First Fiction 2023
Interviews with debut authors Tyriek White, Ada Zhang, Mihret Sibhat, Shastri Akella, and Rebekah Bergman, along with excerpts from their books.
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World-Building in Arizona
The Worldbuilding Initiative, a new public-facing program at Arizona State University, uses ideas and skills from creative writing to encourage participants to take an active role in imagining a more equitable and sustainable future.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including As If She Had a Say by Jennifer Fliss and So to Speak by Terrance Hayes.
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Big Change to Canadian Poetry Prize
After more than two decades, the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will no longer divide its award into Canadian and international categories, drawing mixed responses from the Canadian literary world.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at three new anthologies, including How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Patience, and Skill and Ingenious Pleasures: An Anthology of Punk, Trash, and Camp in Twentieth-Century Poetry.
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Scams Bait Self-Published Authors
Recently, con artists have taken to impersonating real editors, agents, or filmmakers from reputable organizations to extort large payments from unsuspecting authors. Literary professionals share advice on spotting and reporting scams.
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Small Press Points: The Feminist Press
Guided by a mandate to seek out and amplify underrepresented voices, the Feminist Press publishes twelve to fifteen books a year in multiple genres and holds open submission periods twice annually.
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Literary MagNet: Greg Marshall
The author of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It introduces five journals that shaped his work.
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The Written Image: Ella Hawkins’s Biscuit Art
Equal parts culinary creation and visual artwork, Ella Hawkins’s intricately decorated biscuits bring her academic and artistic interests to life through the medium of hand-piped royal icing.
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Q&A: Meg Reid Leads Hub City
The new executive director of Hub City Writers Project shares her vision for HCWP, emphasizing values of regionality, accessibility, and transparency.
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Ten Questions for Nathan Go
“I believe that writing is just a form of dreaming.” —Nathan Go, author of Forgiving Imelda Marcos
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A Shed Full of Golden Shovels
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life considers how poets collaborate across time and form.
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Ten Questions for Helen Schulman
"I write as often and for as long as I can.” —Helen Schulman, author of Lucky Dogs
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On Covering
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.
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Writing Prompts for Beginners
A selection of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction writing prompts that are perfect for creative writers just starting out, and for teachers and workshop leaders who want to inspire their students.
Ten Questions for Airea D. Matthews
“I am constantly questioning, resisting, studying, accepting, and wondering—all of which I believe to be the hallmarks of the writer’s life.” —Airea D. Matthews, author of Bread and Circus
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Ten Questions for Kwame Alexander
“Writing this book forced me to deal with, and face, some parts of my personality that haven’t served me.” —Kwame Alexander, author of Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
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