AISLE
Kwame Alexander’s An American Story chosen for the 2027 IL Bluestem Award.
Brittle Paper
Read two new poems, “Gun, Decay” & “A Month After Death,” by Kwame Dawes.
USA Fellowship
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs among the United States Artists’ 2026 Fellows: fifty artists and culture bearers across all disciplines.
Deadline
Production is underway for a film adaptation of George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo, with Saunders writing the screenplay and Duke Johnson as producer and director.
The New Yorker
Read “The Tomb Attendant Contemplates His Own Death,” a new poem by Matthew Shenoda from his forthcoming collection Holdings.
Art Spiel
In Pieces of Yourself (There) Anastacia-Reneé, working with co-curator Alverneq Lindsay, unfolds an immersive environment that refuses spectatorship.
The Late Show
George Saunders hangs with Stephen Colbert and discusses revisions, writing for ghosts, and the joy of reading fiction in tough times.
New York Times
Claudia Rankine’s forthcoming Triage included on this list of The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026.
New York Times
Read George Saunders’ interview with David Marchese where he discusses kindness, meditation, delusions, and death.
PEN America
Congratulations to John Murillo whose translation Concerning the Angels is longlisted for Poetry in Translation.