State Lines
Read a new poem by Julian Talamantez Brolaski: “brute battlements of infamy cd not/nor the former planet pluto.”
Whiting Fellowship
Congratulations to Geffrey Davis winner of the Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship from the Whiting Foundation.
New Release
Congratulations to Carolyn Forche on the release of her memoir What You Have Heard is True.
Publishers Weekly
Review of Soft Targets by Deborah Landau: captures how humans, despite our anxiety, longing for “something tender that might bloom.”
Windham-Campbell Prize
Congratulations to Kwame Dawes who is among the 2018 recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes!
Kingsley Tufts
Brenda Hillman’s Extra Hidden Life finalist for the 2018 Golden Poppy Book Award and the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
Oprah Mag
Pam Houston discusses her Ranch that inspired her new memoir Deep Creek: Finding Hope in High Country.
NEA Fellowships
Congratulations to Geffrey Davis and Chen Chen on receiving two of the NEA Creative Writing Fellowships!
Outside Magazine
Review of Pam Houston’s deeply personal and powerful recent memoir Deep Creek: Finding Hope in High Country.
The Guardian
Review of Aminatta Forna’s Happiness: a story of loss and resilience, love and coexistence and, above all, connection.