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Announcing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners

Announcing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners

The Ten Emerging Writers Who Won the Prestigious $50,000 Award

By Literary Hub | March 20, 2019

Ada Limón: “I Have Never Done Anything Alone”

Ada Limón: “I Have Never Done Anything Alone”

From Her Acceptance Speech For the NBCC Poetry Awards

By Literary Hub | March 15, 2019

Sandra Cisneros: A Dedication to Word-Workers, Asylum Seekers and More

Sandra Cisneros: A Dedication to Word-Workers, Asylum Seekers and More

From Her Acceptance Speech for the PEN/Nabokov Award

By Sandra Cisneros | March 8, 2019

Garth Greenwell on What It Means to Live the Writer's Life

Garth Greenwell on What It Means to Live the Writer's Life

Advice and Wisdom from His Bennington College Commencement Speech

By Garth Greenwell | March 6, 2019

At <em>Hard to Read</em>, Everybody's A Writer and Everybody's A Reader

At Hard to Read, Everybody's A Writer and Everybody's A Reader

A Reading Series That's A "Literary Social Practice"

By Fiona Alison Duncan | February 27, 2019

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Does the History of Western Poetry Begin with Sheep?

By Michael Ursell | February 13, 2019

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Reading Across America: Have Your Poetry and Eat It, Too

By Laura Winnick | January 16, 2019

Reading Across America: A Poetry Reading on an NYC Subway Car?

By KC Trommer | January 2, 2019

A First Look at the 2019 Mission Creek Festival Literary Line-Up

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2018

Thinking Outside the Windowboxes: At the Nantucket Book Festival

Thinking Outside the Windowboxes: At the Nantucket Book Festival

Bethanne Patrick Reports from an Island Literary Festival

By Bethanne Patrick | November 21, 2018

At the Words Without Borders Globe Trot in Search of a Peach

At the Words Without Borders Globe Trot in Search of a Peach

Or, How to Say "Let's Dance" in 114 Languages

By Fran Bigman | November 2, 2018

Reading Across America: The Longest Running Series in Queens

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Richard Jeffrey Newman on Community-Building Open Mics

By Richard Jeffrey Newman | October 31, 2018

What Not To Miss at the 2018 Albertine Festival

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Masha Gessen, Aleksandar Hemon, Siri Hustvedt and More on Reimagining Democracy

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With the Haruki Murakami Superfans at a Midnight Launch Party

With the Haruki Murakami Superfans at a Midnight Launch Party

Trivia, Themed Snacks, and Possibly a Ghost Cat

By Fran Bigman | October 12, 2018

Lit Hub's Brooklyn Book Festival Preview: 8 Events Not to Miss

Lit Hub's Brooklyn Book Festival Preview: 8 Events Not to Miss

How to Make the Most of the Largest Free Literary Event in New York City

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2018

Michael Ondaatje's Golden Man Booker Speech is Really Great

Michael Ondaatje's Golden Man Booker Speech is Really Great

The English Patient remains cloudy with errors and pacing."">"The English Patient remains cloudy with errors and pacing."

By Michael Ondaatje | July 12, 2018

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