Reviewers & Critics: Ismail Muhammad
The critic on combining book reviews and cultural criticism, exposing readers to challenging views, and reading multiple books at once.
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We Need New Metaphors: Reimagining Power in the Creative Writing Workshop
The author describes creating a community-driven workshop where students are not asked to check their politics and identities at the door, and offers a series of questions for instructors to ask themselves before leading a class.
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Telling #Stories: Can Social Media Make Us Better Writers?
The effects of social media on the creative process—although it can help writers identify and pay attention to the quotidian moments of their lives, does it siphon off their storytelling energy?
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Return to the MFA: A Call for Systemic Change in the Literary Arts
The author considers how race is discussed in MFA versus literature PhD programs and argues that the MFA—and the literary culture and community it props up—is due for a reevaluation.
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I’m Writing to You: Letters From Writers of the Black Literary Community
Eleven writers pen letters addressed to fellow Black writers, to their ancestors, to gatekeepers, to members of the media, and to allies, among others.
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The Written Image: Julie Chen
Using a unique fabrication process, Julie Chen constructs beautiful and inventive artists’ books that explore metaphysical ideas.
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Dear Fellow Black Writers
“If you, too, hear the voice of white supremacy ringing in your ear, know that writing is resistance.”
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To the Tentatively Hopeful
“I fear that this moment will not last long enough.”
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Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowships, Big Publishers Adapt in the Pandemic Economy, and More
Michael Kleber-Diggs listens to the rapper Big Boi while grieving George Floyd; Morgan Jerkins reflects on the emotional stakes of researching the Black diaspora; BuzzFeed highlights upcoming literary events; and other stories.
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowships Finalists, Revolutionary Bookseller Moves to Taipei, and More
Elias Khoury responds to the recent explosion in Beirut; the Los Angeles Times Book Festival will move online; Hazel Carby revisits the archival documents she consulted while writing Imperial Intimacies; and other stories.
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