Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Ali Black Considers the Shape of Voice, Theme, and Symbolism

By Ali Black | August 2, 2021

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 2, 2021

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | July 30, 2021

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

"Place is ... a powerful generator of tone and atmosphere."

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

On Growing Slowly and Loving “Stunning” Books

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

"You don't always have to talk." Read Chang-rae Lee's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

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How a Heroic Carrot Set Marla Frazee on the Path to Illustrating Children’s Books

By Book Dreams | July 29, 2021

Pik-Shuen Fung on the Intense Experience of Narrating Her Own Audiobook

By Reading Women | July 28, 2021

What It Means to Exist: Bethany C. Morrow, TJ Klune, and Naomi Wiens on Sci-Fi for Teens

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | July 28, 2021

Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 28, 2021

More Dogs, More Dogs: Chloe Shaw in Conversation with Dinah Lenney

More Dogs, More Dogs: Chloe Shaw in Conversation with Dinah Lenney

The Author of What Is a Dog? on the Books that Encouraged Her Creativity

By Dinah Lenney | July 28, 2021

Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 28, 2021

Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

“If a poem is a machine made of words, it only runs as well as the words we choose to build it.”

By Maggie Smith | July 27, 2021

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

Nora Zelevansky on Letting Daily Observations Spark the Imagination and Inform Her Writing

By Nora Zelevansky | July 27, 2021

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

The Author of We Want What We Want Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 27, 2021

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

Introducing the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 27, 2021

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