Guernica Magazine
Osama Alomar on censorship and the safety of metaphor: I always used metaphors. Maybe this style protected me.
Director’s Cut
Noah Hutton sits down with Wisconsin Public Television for a closer look at his film Deep Time.
Poetry Foundation
Joy Harjo discusses the intersection of poetry and music, as well as women’s rights and Indigenous rights movements.
Princess of Asturias
Polish essayist and poet Adam Zagajewski has been granted the 2017 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature.
Bustle
Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky With Exit Wounds included among 11 Immigrant Authors Who Are Transforming Literature.
Huffington Post
Anis Mojgani opened the WorkHuman 2017 conference with an invocation to bring the whole self to work.
Deadline
Tobey Maguire to develop George Saunders’ short story Home as a feature film with author-screenwriter Patrick Ness.
LARB Radio Hour
Mary Gaitskill in dialogue with LA Review of Books discusses psychology, drugs, writing, and politics.
New York Times
City University of New York boasts prize-winning alum and star-studded faculty, including our very own Patricia Smith.
SPOTLIGHT
Alliance of Women Film Journalists highlights Amber Tamblyn’s explorations of humanity and feminism.