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Toni Morrison on the Holiness of Writing, a Murderer’s Debut Book, and More

Jul 5, 2017

Summer reads from small presses; poets write executive orders; Margaret Atwood and Junot Díaz...
Apps for Writers, Summer Weekend Reads, and More

Jun 30, 2017

The history of a hoax poetry movement; the ethics of cultural appropriation in art; Paddington...

Writing Prompts

Captain Hook Fish and Chips

Fiction

In the 1982 comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High—based on Cameron Crowe’s 1981...
America the Beautiful

Poetry

“Sometimes I still put my hand tenderly on my heart / somehow or other still carried away by...
(Im)possible Feats

Creative Nonfiction

Earlier this month, professional climber Alex Honnold completed a free-solo climb of the nearly...

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Literary Events Calendar

July 6, 2017
Community Voices: Poets Speak
Museum of the African Diaspora5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
July 6, 2017
Joan C. Williams
Book Passage6:00 PM
July 8, 2017
Jaimal Yogis
Green Apple Books on the Park7:30 PM

Readings & Workshops

Lorraine Currelley of Poets Network & Exchange, an organization funded by the Readings & Workshops program, at our sixth annual Connecting Cultures Reading in New York City. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

Sahra Vang Nguyen of Kundiman, an organization funded by the Readings & Workshops program, at our sixth annual Connecting Cultures Reading in New York City. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

Arhn Choi of Brooklyn Community Pride, an organization funded by the Readings & Workshops program, at our sixth annual Connecting Cultures Reading in New York City. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

Poets & Writers Theater

Alissa Nutting on challenging gender representations

Alissa Nutting has a conversation with Dumbo Feather about her debut novel, Tampa (Ecco, 2013), and challenging gender representations in her writing. Nutting’s second novel, Made for Love (Ecco, 2017), is featured in... more

G&A: The Contest Blog

Upcoming Prose Contest Deadlines

Posted by Prize Reporter on 6.28.17

Fiction and creative nonfiction writers: If you are sitting on a finished short story, essay collection, novel, or other work of prose, check out the following contests that are open to submissions for two more days! Each of the contests has a... more

Ampersand Episode 14: Sherman Alexie, Zinzi Clemmons, Jess Arndt, Erika L. Sánchez by Poets & Writers

In the fourteenth episode of Ampersand, editor in chief Kevin Larimer and senior editor Melissa Faliveno preview the July/August 2017 issue, which includes a special section on literary agents and a cover profile of Arundhati Roy, and hear... more

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