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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The author of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It introduces five journals that shaped his work.
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.
The new executive director of Hub City Writers Project shares her vision for HCWP, emphasizing values of regionality, accessibility, and transparency.
“I believe that writing is just a form of dreaming.” —Nathan Go, author of Forgiving Imelda Marcos
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life considers how poets collaborate across time and form.
"I write as often and for as long as I can.” —Helen Schulman, author of Lucky Dogs
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.
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.
“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
“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
Undergraduate writing programs, books on writing, literary organizations, summer workshops, events, contests, and other resources for those who are driven to put thoughts, emotions, and ideas into words at a young age.
“It’s always surprising when the book clicks into being an actual book—which I find happens at the very last minute.” —Emma Cline, author of The Guest
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues offers an approach to critically engaging with a colonialist literary canon.
“You are going to read a book that will inspire you to write a book.” —Jennifer Lunden, author of American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues considers how archival photography can provide a rich source for literary and sociopolitical inquiry.
“Listen deeper. Dream bigger.” —Terra Trevor, author of We Who Walk the Seven Ways
The author of the novel The Covenant of Water discusses the interplay between his work as a writer and his work as a physician, the epic novel as a vessel for storytelling, and geography as character.
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues explores how formal experimentation and play can help move a writing project forward.
“You write one poem precisely so that you can write the next.” —Emily Lee Luan, author of 回 / Return
