September/October 2024

The Odesa Poetry Studio is a free program that creates space for children to gather, write poems, and share their work with one another, validating their voices and feelings as they live through ongoing war.

The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Yr Dead by Sam Sax and Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami.

Despite decades of explosive growth, factors including financial pressure and low admissions have left many MFA programs with no choice but to close. Faculty and administrators reflect on the fallout for their communities.

A look at two new anthologies, including Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose From the Undocumented Diaspora, edited by the writer-activists of Undocupoets.

For more than ten years, Meekling Press has been producing artist books, blending text and visual design to make unique literary-art objects with a playful punk sensibility.

The author of Thanks for This Riot, a debut story collection, introduces some of the online publications that first gave her stories a home, including American Literary Review and Okay Donkey.

Inspired by traditional and contemporary quilt patterns, artist Larry Clifford crafts each of his BiblioQuilts from hardcover books rescued from libraries, basements, and attics.

The executive editor of Callaloo Literary Journal, one of the most influential publications of the African diaspora, speaks about Callaloo’s future and how the journal will continue to break new ground.

Write a poem that draws on specific observations of your neighborhood, a speculative story in which existing technology is put to fantastic use, or a personal essay about a time you were persuaded by a narrative.

Unlike a novel, which has time to build and reach a satisfying ending, a short story often relies on moments of discovery. A respected author explains how the nature and construction of short stories can lead to surprising reveals.

Before the author of Barnflower was a writer, she was a farm kid. The memoirist shares moments from her book tour, which included meeting cows and visiting corn mazes alongside reading at local bookstores and reconnecting with friends.

After years spent on frustrating, time-consuming drafts, creating visual models helped one writer to assess the current state of a manuscript, estimate a completion date, and build confidence.