Article Archive

“At the heart of it, writing is about connection—to yourself, to those you love, and then, hopefully, to others.” —Nancy Krygowski, author of The Woman in the Corner

Laura van den Berg’s I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on June 9, 2020. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been postponed to July 28, 2020. 

Artist Basia Irland carves book sculptures out of ice and embeds them with seeds that populate riverbanks when the sculptures melt. 

A round-up of three new anthologies, including River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction and Poems From the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages. 

The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit and Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong.

The author reflects on what he’s learned about writing and life from attending readings for the past twenty-five years.

An author recommends five journals that published poems from his debut collection, The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer.

Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible, forthcoming from W. W. Norton on May 12, 2020.

Feeling stuck with a work-in-progress? Mimi Lok suggests changing up an element that previously felt off limits.