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Awkwafina Will Host the PEN America Literary Gala, Poetry as a Mode of Resistance, and More
Literary scout and agent Lynn C. Franklin has died; Charlotte McConaghy explains how fiction can help inspire climate action; Suchitra Vijayan discusses centering the voices of her subjects; and other stories.
James Baldwin’s Birthday, Emancipation Day Reading List, and More
National Student Poet RC Davis reflects on his evolving poetic practice; Martha Cooley discusses using a lottery jackpot as a plot device; Alexandra Kleeman talks her preference for the speculative; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: How to Be a Writer and an Organizer
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth makes time for both community organizing and writing.
Anticipating an In-Person National Book Awards Ceremony, Maryfrances Wagner Begins Term as Missouri Poet Laureate, and More
Rahul Raina discusses giving his debut “an Indian down-to-its-core sensibility”; Christopher Notarnicola uncovers writing that features rings in the Paris Review archives; London Book Fair hails second all-virtual program a success; and other stories.
How Racism and Anxiety Restrict Language, the Surprising Comforts of Reading Agatha Christie, and More
Zan Romanoff recommends books to make sense of the fire crisis; California poets consider how poetry and poetry communities have transformed during the pandemic; Amanda Gorman’s debut poetry collection has a new title; and other stories.
2021 Booker Prize Longlist, Smith and Griffin Join Mellon Foundation as Fellows in Residence, and More
The Margins debuts a collection of queer Taiwanese literature in translation; Jonathan Kozol revisits his letters from Eric Carle; Begoña M. Rueda shares a new window into the pandemic; and other stories.
Publishing Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors, Read in Color Initiative Arrives in Detroit, and More
Authors talk publishing during the pandemic; Kendra Allen discusses how music, family, and spirituality inform her writing; Juan Gabriel Vásquez reflects on rendering the volatility of Colombian reality in fiction; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: Why You Need an Authenticity Editor
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth writes about how authenticity editors have helped enrich her work in all genres.
Flood Disaster Damages Bookstores in Germany, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain on Shedding the Colonizer’s Gaze, and More
Jackie Ess talks character development; Chris Offutt discusses bringing Appalachia to life; Andrea Actis describes striving to tell “the whole truth”; and other stories.