PEN America Career-Achievement Awards, New Resignations at the Romance Writers of America, and More
Kathleen Graber wins the 2020 Rilke Prize; Craig Morgan Teicher previews 2020 in poetry; Halimah Marcus teaches writing endings; and other stories.
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Trump Budget Proposes Eliminating Several Arts Organizations, Retiree Saves Small-Town Newspaper, and More
The British Library purchases Andrea Levy papers; Arundhati Roy on writing under fascism; Luis J. Rodriguez on the value of poetry; and other stories.
An Alaska Retreat for Women Writers
Mystery writer Dana Stabenow supports female-identifying and nonbinary writers with a new residency in Homer, Alaska, inspired by the retreat that changed her life.
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Small Press Points: The Cupboard Pamphlet
The small press annually publishes four chapbooks of “formally strange or conceptually bizarre” prose.
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How to Live: Lessons From Last Night’s Reading
The author reflects on what he’s learned about writing and life from attending readings for the past twenty-five years.
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Q&A: Cisneros Celebrates Macondo
The author of The House on Mango Street on the origins and impact of the Macondo Writers Workshop, which has brought together writers who are activists for twenty-five years.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A round-up of three new anthologies, including River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction and Poems From the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages.
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Inside Publishing: The Book Publicist
In the second installment in a yearlong series on publishing professionals, four publicists describe the challenges of their job in the digital age.
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The Written Image: Ice Receding/Books Reseeding
Artist Basia Irland carves book sculptures out of ice and embeds them with seeds that populate riverbanks when the sculptures melt.
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Reviewers & Critics: Bethanne Patrick
The critic discusses her reading process, the perfect pan, and the popular Twitter hashtag she created, #FridayReads.
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