What Herbie Hancock Taught Me About Formal Poetry
The author of Midwhistle contemplates the common ground between jazz music and poetry.
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Ten Questions for Margot Livesey
“The computer I write on is never allowed to go online.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road From Belhaven
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Approaches to Titling Your Poem
The author of Midwhistle considers how a poem’s title can frame, deepen, or complicate the reader’s experience of it.
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The Antithesis of Inspiration: Why ChatGPT Will Never Write a Literary Masterpiece
Even though ChatGPT can replicate and regurgitate the texts it has consumed, it still lacks the unique inspiration that lived experience provides for writers. A teacher of creative writing puts the AI chatbot to the test.
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Ten Questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen
“Don’t stop writing, no matter what.” —Diana Khoi Nguyen, author of Root Fractures
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Ten Questions for Zachary Pace
“In the intimacy of the book, I feel very vulnerable.” —Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who’ve Made Me Who I Am
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Family Stories: Alternatives for Load-Bearing Clichés
The author of Family Family explores why tired tropes proliferate in fiction—and how to avoid them.
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Ten Questions for Kimberly Blaeser
“I tend to expect the path to be straightforward. It seldom is.” —Kimberly Blaeser, author of Ancient Light
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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 Cynthia Zarin
“Start with what interests you, and keep going.” —Cynthia Zarin, author of Inverno
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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