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“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“I wrote into that darkness because that kind of honesty was the only thing that felt right.”

By Matthew Nienow | January 22, 2025

Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets

Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | January 22, 2025

Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

An Essay Series by Josh Cook on How We Should Respond to the New Administration

By Josh Cook | January 21, 2025

Sara Sligar on Modernizing an 18th-Century Literary Cult Classic

Sara Sligar on Modernizing an 18th-Century Literary Cult Classic

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Vantage Point”

By Jane Ciabattari | January 21, 2025

Lee Wind on Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World

Lee Wind on Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 21, 2025

David Wroblewski on Writing by Brute Force

David Wroblewski on Writing by Brute Force

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 21, 2025

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My Cherished Friend, My Cursed Rival: On the Perils of Literary Envy

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From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

“We’re raising eidolons, real and not-real, tales that move and breathe and stand side by side, speaking Troy into the future.”

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Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

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Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

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