Ode to the Dictionary
"I am made of earth and with words I sing." Ilan Stavans, editor of All the Odes (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), reads a poem by Pablo Neruda in English and...
View ArticleNovelist Robert Stone Has Died, Anonymous Book Sculptor Interviewed, and More
Staff Tolstoy’s diary; traffic sign hacked in the name of literacy; bank robbery inspired by French poetry; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day Poets...
View ArticleChicago: Agents & Editors
June 20, 2015 (All day)Join us for a day-long event at Chicago's Instituto Cervantes as we explore the writer's journey to publication. This exciting program will offer advice, panel discussions, and...
View ArticleOn Making Belief
Bryn Chancellor was selected as the 2014 Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award for fiction. Her story collection When Are You Coming Home? won the 2014 Prairie Schooner Book Prize and...
View ArticleJenn McCreary
"I feel like I've always been taking notes. When I sit down to write, I'm trying to find a way to organize that mess, to find a form, to contain it, to control it." The poet and 2013 Pew Fellow speaks...
View ArticleKindling
January can be a harsh month for most parts of the world. The wind howls over the frozen ground, through bare branches and near-deserted streets, fogged windows blurred as though forming a barrier to...
View ArticleMan Booker Rules Change, Booksellers Asked to Support Charlie Hebdo, and More
Staff David Harsent wins T.S. Eliot Prize; new faces of fiction; Roxane Gay interviewed; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day Poets & Writers...
View ArticleStory Prize Finalists Announced, Minor Wins Spotlight Award
The finalists have been announced for the 2014 Story Prize. The annual award is given for a book of short fiction published in the previous year, and carries with it a $20,000 purse.read more
View ArticleMan Booker Rules Change, Booksellers Asked to Support Charlie Hebdo, and More
Staff David Harsent wins T.S. Eliot Prize; new faces of fiction; Roxane Gay interviewed; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day Poets & Writers...
View ArticleStory Prize Finalists Announced, Minor Wins Spotlight Award
The finalists have been announced for the 2014 Story Prize. The annual award is given for a book of short fiction published in the previous year, and carries with it a $20,000 purse.read more
View ArticleAwkward Mistake
This week, take a straightforward scene you’ve been working on and insert an awkward mistake made either by a major or minor character. You know the kind, in which you suddenly find yourself...
View ArticlePoetry as Pause
"Even in a few lines, a poem outlines a perceptual world. A reader or listener fills in the gaps, adding another dimension." In this TEDx event, poet Christine Stewart discusses the ways in which...
View ArticlePoem Cut from S.C. Governor Inauguration, Oxford Junior Dictionary Omissions,...
Staff Oxford University Press warns against mentioning pork; bestselling authors become brands; British Library reports increased interest; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1...
View ArticleElliot Bay Book Company
E-mail: orders@elliottbaybook.com Phone Number: (206) 624-6600Founded in 1973 and located in the heart of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood business district, the Elliott Bay Book Company is a full...
View ArticleHugo House
E-mail: welcome@hugohouse.org Phone Number: (203) 322-7030Founded in 1997, the Richard Hugo House offers writing classes and events, including the annual Hugo Literary Series, which invites...
View ArticleSeattle Arts and Lectures
Name of Reading Series: Literary Arts Series E-mail: sal@lectures.org Phone Number: (206) 621-2230Seattle Arts & Lectures champions the literary arts by engaging and inspiring readers and writers...
View ArticleOpen Books: A Poetry Emporium
E-mail: store@openpoetrybooks.com Phone Number: (206) 633-0811Open Books: A Poem Emporium is a bookstore in Seattle, Washington devoted to poetry and poetry-related titles. The inventory, over 9,000...
View ArticleStability
How important is stability to you? Sometimes comfort and routine can stifle creativity, but too much risk and uncertainty may create anxiety. Write a personal essay examining how stable your life seems...
View ArticlePoets Are Mirrors of the Mind
"What a great poet is, is a mirror that he holds up to the audience, and the audience sees themselves." Poet and performance artist John Giorno speaks about his first encounter with poetry, the poets...
View ArticleTibetan Writer Calls Out Mark Zuckberberg, S.C. House Rep. Reads Omitted...
Staff Academy of American Poets announces new Chancellors; the question of cultural decline; Henry James meets Oscar Wilde; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article....
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