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The Exiles: Report From Literary Syria
March/April 2014 Stephen Morison Jr. In a continuing series examining the state of literature abroad, poets Amjad Etry and Hala Mohammad and filmmaker Muhammad Bayazid discuss the challenges that...
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Agents & Editors: Amy Einhorn
March/April 2014 Michael Szczerban State: New York The publisher of her eponymous imprint at Penguin Random House, Amy Einhorn discusses her early days as an assistant at FSG, the importance of...
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Q&A: Brenda Greene Celebrates Black Literature
March/April 2014 Charif Shanahan The executive director of the Center for Black Literature celebrates a decade of service and looks forward to this month’s National Black Writers Conference in New York...
View ArticleStudents Serve as Poet Ambassadors
March/April 2014 Amanda Calderon State: District of Columbia This April, during National Poetry Month, and through September, five high school students will work to promote poetry across the...
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Architecture for Travelers
March/April 2014 Jonathan Vatner State: Texas This spring poets Joshua Edwards and Lynn Xu will build a house together after exploring the meaning of home through writing, photography, and a 680-mile...
View ArticlePoet Jill McDonough Responds to Trey Gowdy, Literary Valentines, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff David Gaughran reports the Bookseller will no longer do business with Author Solutions; author Chuck Wendig takes a close look at self-publishing; Juliet Mushens shines a light on...
View ArticleI Went to the Woods to Write: Dimitri Keriotis on Writing Fueled by Natural...
Dimitri Keriotis’s short story collection The Quiet Time is forthcoming this fall from Stephen F. Austin State University Press. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in the Beloit Fiction...
View ArticleMatthew Rohrer
The author of seven poetry collections, including Destroyer and Preserver (Wave Books, 2011), Matthew Rohrer reads "Over the Emporor City" as part of the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series at Studio 10 in...
View ArticleOde
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is famous for his wonderful odes to unexpected subjects. "Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market” and “Ode to an Artichoke” celebrate items we might not typically expect to hear...
View ArticleMavis Gallant Has Died, Lewis Carroll's Feelings on Fame, and More
Melissa Faliveno Short story writer Mavis Gallant has died at age 91; the annual AWP Conference in Seattle will not be open to the public this year; Toni Morrison turns eighty-three; and other...
View ArticleAaron Gilbreath
“In addition to reading, I generate narrative nonfiction by wandering around. I stroll downtown and through populated neighborhoods in search of an interesting person, a dramatic event, an unexpected...
View ArticleShopping
The prospect of shopping excites some, while others find the experience tedious or even stressful. This week, write a scene in which your character is faced with a big purchase, perhaps one that...
View ArticleWilliam S. Burroughs
Fifty years ago Norman Mailer asserted, "William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius." Acclaimed biographer Barry Miles discusses his new...
View ArticleVela Magazine Launches Nonfiction Contest for Women
Vela Magazine, an online journal that publishes works of nonfiction written by women and inspired by travel, has launched its inaugural nonfiction contest for women. The winner will receive $500 and...
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