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A roundup of new anthologies, including Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, edited by Glory Edim.

A poet discusses four journals that published poems from her second collection, Instruments of the True Measure.

A conversation between two best-selling authors turns into an impromptu master class in fiction under a canopy of leaves in southwestern Virginia.

“I have three states of being: feeling doubt, manifesting a vague desire to say something that seems important, and writing toward ground zero of that desire.” —Christopher Kennedy, author of Clues From the Animal Kingdom

“To doubt yourself means you’re on to the right thing. I find that reassuring.” —Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti

“It is a terrifying process to release your literary babies into the world, where anybody can say anything they want about them.” —J. M. Holmes, author of How Are You Going to Save Yourself

A small press run by high school students in Pennsylvania publishes handmade books of poetry and prose.

Why do you want an MFA? Important questions to ask yourself before you apply.