It Takes a Lot of Nerve: A Q&A With Bonnie Jo Campbell
Award-winning author Bonnie Jo Campbell discusses magical realism, balancing hot button issues, and the resilient and rascally women in her latest novel, The Waters.
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Ten Questions for Erika Howsare
“By the time I finished I actually felt that the topic had chosen me.” —Erika Howsare, author of The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship With Our Wild Neighbors
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Ten Writers on Writing Advice: 2023
Ten authors answer the question: What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received?
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Ten Writers on the Books They Are Reading: 2023
Ten authors reveal what they were reading in 2023.
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Finding Your Crow
The author of fox woman get out! considers authenticity and how to find one’s authentic voice.
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Performing the Future: Our Nineteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
Ten debut poets who published in 2023, including Ina Cariño and Shaina Phenix, share the inspiration, advice, and writers block remedies that form their individual poetics.
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Conferences in the Age of COVID
COVID-19 outbreaks continue to affect conference attendees and organizers alike; members of the literary community consider different ways event policies can realistically address public health needs.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including You Bury the Birds in My Pelvis by Kelly Weber and Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West by Russell Brakefield.
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Pulitzer Prizes Open to Noncitizens
In a major victory for activists, particularly undocumented writers, a whole new group of people now have reason to be hopeful about their chances for the prestigious award.
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Poetry NFTs Are Having a Moment
No longer limited to static text on a page, poets are composing verse in the unique medium of an NFT, opening new creative, collaborative, and financial possibilities for work that defies categorization.
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Small Press Points: April Gloaming
A nonprofit founded to strengthen the American South’s reputation as a home for great literature and art, April Gloaming publishes books that push limitations in medium and genre.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
An introduction to four new anthologies, including Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically and Raised by Wolves: Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems.
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The Written Image: John Yau’s “Wanted!” Series
Inspired by the “Wanted” posters U.S. law enforcement officials used to locate fugitive outlaws, poet John Yau and visual artist Richard Hull hail under-appreciated artists such as Sessue Hayakawa and John D. Graham.
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Q&A: Cathy Linh Che of Kundiman
The executive director of Kundiman, a national nonprofit supporting Asian American authors, discusses the organization’s evolution over the past twenty years and shares her plans for working in solidarity with other communities of color.
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Literary MagNet: Sean Enfield
The debut essayist behind Holy American Burnout! introduces some of the journals that provided a thoughtful home for his work, including Lunch Ticket and Counterclock.
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Ten Questions for Jennifer Savran Kelly
“Look for the agents and editors who share your vision for the work and trust them.” —Jennifer Savran Kelly, author of Endpapers
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Page as Stage
The author of fox woman get out! explores the connections between poetry and dance.
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Ten Questions for Melissa Rivero
“Writing kept me grounded, but it also reopened some wounds.” —Melissa Rivero, author of Flores and Miss Paula
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The Poetics of Temperature
The author of fox woman get out! offers a climatic approach to reading and writing verse.
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Ten Questions for James W. Jennings
“I struggled with the urge to tame my voice.” —James W. Jennings, author of Wings of Red
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The Myth of Realism: Belief and Incredulity in Fiction
The author of The Last Language explores the relationship between individual subjectivity and the ability to suspend disbelief when reading fiction.
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Ten Questions for Kimberly Grey
“I’m very much a write-when-it-comes kind of writer.” —Kimberly Grey, author of A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing
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Hearing Voices: Characterization and Language
The author of The Last Language considers the relationship between character and speech.
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Ten Questions for Subhaga Crystal Bacon
“It’s okay for you to reveal more of yourself in your poetry.” —Subhaga Crystal Bacon
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Withholding and Revelation: Managing Information in Fiction
The author of The Last Language considers how to strike the right note of ambiguity in a novel.
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