The Forage House by Tess Taylor
Tess Taylor reads four poems from her debut collection, The Forage House, published in August by Red Hen Press.
Big Granny
When they found Emeline, a nailheld her sack dress together
at the neck. She lived by...
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Poetry of the Wild
For ten years ecological artist and sculptor Ana Flores has been bringing "Poetry of the Wild"—a project that combines poetry, visual art, and nature in an effort to connect people to the land around them—to locations both public and wild. Each...
Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee
Rebecca Lee reads an excerpt from her story collection, Bobcat and Other Stories, published in June by Algonquin Books.
Bobcat
It was the terrine that got to me. I felt queasy enough that I had to sit in the...
Thunderbird by Jane Miller
Jane Miller reads four poems from her latest collection, Thunderbird, published in July by Copper Canyon Press.EcstasyAs the ancients detail it ecstasy passes over usin a mist of particlesit lives baredies unburiedI finally...
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman reads from his most recent novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, published in June by William Morrow and featured in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
The Joker by Andrew Hudgins
Andrew Hudgins reads two excerpts from his memoir, The Joker, published in June by Simon & Schuster.
Catch It and Paint It Green
I was slow to delight in disorder, in which words didn’t mean what I’d...
How Food Writing Fed My Fiction
Join fiction writer, dessert blogger, and baker Aaron Hamburger at Whole Foods Market in New York City as he prepares his delicious limoncello cupcakes and talks about what the art of food writing has taught him about fiction writing. Watch via...
Al-Mutanabbi Street Inventory Project
In 2010 San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil founded the Al-Mutanabbi Street Inventory Project to commemorate the 2007 bombing of Baghdad's famous bookselling thoroughfare, which left thirty people dead and the city's literary center...
Smile at Strangers by Susan Schorn
Susan Schorn reads from her debut memoir, Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly, published in May by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
I'm pondering...
The Third Son by Julie Wu
Julie Wu reads from her debut novel, The Third Son, published in April by Algonquin Books.
1.
My journey began when the Americans bombed us, in 1943, because it was during the bombings that I met the girl.
I was eight years old. In...
Snapper by Brian Kimberling
Brian Kimberling reads from his debut novel, Snapper, published in April by Pantheon...
The Exchange by Sophie Cabot Black
Sophie Cabot Black reads three poems from her third poetry collection, The Exchange, published in May by Graywolf Press.
Afterlife
I could only close my eyes on the blueShirtsleeve of leaving and...
Wreck Me by Sally Ball
Sally Ball reads from her second poetry collection, Wreck Me, published in April by Barrow Street Press.
No Threat, Nuthatch
Tiny presence in the pines,hold still. Upside down—right side up—flock of nervesand...
A Long Day at the End of the World by Brent Hendricks
Brent Hendricks reads from his memoir, A Long Day at the End of the World: A Story of Desecration and Revelation in the Deep South, published in March by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Because a picture is a sort of dream, the big...
Natural Takeover of Small Things by Tim Z. Hernandez
Tim Z. Hernandez reads the poems “Home” and “Brown Christ” from his collection, Natural Takeover of Small Things, published in February by the University of Arizona Press. HomeFresno is the inexhaustible nervein...
This Close by Jessica Francis Kane
Jessica Francis Kane reads from her short story collection, This Close, published in March by Graywolf Press.Lucky BoySomething about New York City makes a lot of people understand you should try to look your best...
The Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt
For his article "The Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt," contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr, who lives in Madaba-Manja, Jordan, traveled to Cairo twice—first in late August 2012 and again in early October—and spoke with writers, publishers...
The Nantucket Book Festival
For the opener of The Spring 2013 Guide to Inspired Writing Retreats, contributing editor Jeremiah Chamberlin traveled to Nantucket to get a feeling for an exciting new book festival that is growing on a beautiful island known primarily as a summer...
Superstar by Susan Steinberg
Fiction writer Susan Steinberg reads from "Superstar," the opening story from her collection Spectacle, published in January 2013 by Graywolf Press. SuperstarI once hung out with this shit group of kids and they were just ...
Ben Arthur's "Bone and Heart"
Singer-songwriter and novelist Ben Arthur, who recently finished the European leg of his tour for If You Look for My Heart, an interrelated concept album and novel, wrote and recorded a song inspired by Frank Bures's article "The Secret...
Pilot, Copilot, Writer by Manuel Gonzales
Fiction writer Manuel Gonzales reads from the story "Pilot, Copilot, Writer," from his debut short story collection, The Minature Wife and Other Stories, published in January 2013 by Riverhead Books.
Pilot, Copilot, Writer...
St. Protagonist by Lisa Russ Spaar
Poet Lisa Russ Spaar reads "St. Protagonist," the opening poem from her collection Vanitas, Rough, published in December by Persea Books.
St. Protagonist
It's bedtime. Tell me a storyas the leaves fly
again, even as we...
Cozy Classics for Young and Old
Brothers Jack and Holman Wang teamed up in 2012 to create Cozy Classics, an infant primer board-book series that adapts classic novels into twelve simple, child-friendly words that appear alongside photographs of handmade figurines. The brothers...
Odessa by Patricia Kirkpatrick
Poet Patricia Kirkpatrick reads three poems from her collection, Odessa, published in December 2012 by Milkweed Editions.
Near Odessa
Near the end of summer.
Wheatfield with lark. With swift,
longspur, and sparrow. I see...
Akhmatova by Matthew Dickman
Poet Matthew Dickman reads "Akhmatova" from his latest collection, Mayakovsky's Revolver, published in October by Norton. AkhmatovaThat’s right! Now I remember. I was on the beachlooking at Haystack Rock,putting my finger...