Poet in Residence
"Some words have come, some have not." An average day in the life of Barbara Brownskirt, self-appointed poet in residence at the 197 bus stop in London.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zqBaAOiiw
View ArticleW11-25-13SpokenInterludes-Michael Kearns
“The event depicted seasonal issues facing GLBT seniors with humor and pathos. I could not continue with the remarkable evolution of QueerWise without this support. My career as a writer is deepened by...
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Highlights: Los Angeles 2014
URL: http://www.pw.org/files/videos/highlights_final.fl...highlights_thumbnail.jpgThe inaugural Poets & Writers Live event, held at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles on January 11, 2014, featured...
View ArticleMusic Lessons
Amy Tan’s story “Two Kinds” follows a young girl who is pushed to become a musical prodigy but ultimately fails to excel. This week, consider your own history with music lessons. Did your family or...
View ArticleZadie Smith
The novelist, essayist, and short story writer whose most recent novel, NW, was published by Penguin Press in 2012, is seen here reading from her essay "That Crafty Feeling" at the New York Public...
View ArticleA Public Space Launches Emerging Writer Fellowships
Brooklyn-based literary magazine and publisher A Public Space has announced a new international Emerging Writer Fellowship program for fiction and nonfiction writers. Three winners will receive $1,000,...
View ArticleThe Giver Movie Trailer, Meg Wolitzer's YA Fiction, and More
Staff Twenty years of The Western Canon; Grove Atlantic picks up Lefevre; a poet laureate for British waterways; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day...
View ArticleWorld Poetry Day, Banned Books in Saudi Arabia, and More
Staff Books & Brews brings booze to a new venue in Indiana; Adam Zagajewski on balancing joy with sadness; Vladimir Putin’s fictional presence; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant...
View ArticlePoet in Residence
"Some words have come, some have not." An average day in the life of Barbara Brownskirt, self-appointed poet in residence at the 197 bus stop in London.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zqBaAOiiw
View ArticleW11-25-13SpokenInterludes-Michael Kearns
“The event depicted seasonal issues facing GLBT seniors with humor and pathos. I could not continue with the remarkable evolution of QueerWise without this support. My career as a writer is deepened by...
View ArticleNatural Poets
"We kind of lose that sense of wonder that we have with language," says Thom Caraway, the poet laureate of Spokane, Washington. "Any toddler or kindergartener is running around just saying words out...
View ArticleNew Book Imagines Hitler as Stand-Up Comedian, Author Suggests Merger of U.S....
Staff Open Road hires Ira Silverberg; the Los Angeles Times profiles City Lights Bookstore; an artist reimagines works by Cormac McCarthy and others; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant...
View ArticleNew Forms
Have you tried writing a tanka, ghazal, or triolet? This week, try working in a form that’s unfamiliar to you. You can even adapt an existing draft to fit a form, or come up with your own constraints...
View ArticleMark Heinlein
The author of the debut poetry collection Everything We Call Ordinary, forthcoming later this year from Tourane Poetry Press, presents "Family, Culture, and How a Poet Makes His Bread" at a recent TEDx...
View ArticleTeju Cole on Nigeria, San Francisco Bookstore Faces Threat of Closure, and More
Staff British prison officials defend ban on books; the unconventional path to a writing career; the benefits of writing in the Midwest; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of...
View ArticleLost & Found
This week, have your character either lose or find an object, pet, or set of directions. Explore how this event opens up unexpected possibilities for your story. Will two characters meet for the first...
View ArticleGertrude Stein
"Pigeons on the grass, alas..." While the quality of the audio is rather poor, this clip from 1934 offers a fascinating glimpse of Gertrude Stein talking briefly and then reading part of her libretto...
View ArticleMadonna to Direct Rebecca Walker Adaptation, Alice Munro Honored With New...
Staff Kiese Laymon on the politics of black male action; Patrick Leigh Fermor book and Tennessee Williams short story each published after an eighty-year wait; Scribd’s new travel book section; and...
View ArticleDeadline Approaches for A Room of Her Own Foundation Book Prizes
A Room of Her Own Foundation is currently accepting submissions to its annual book prizes for women writers. The To the Lighthouse Poetry Book Prize is given annually for a poetry collection; the...
View ArticleSarah Hope
High school teacher Sarah Hope tells "the story that hurts to tell" as part of the Story Project, a storytelling series at Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The theme of...
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