National Book Award
Blue Flower Arts welcomes and congratulates Daniel Borzutzky, winner of the National Book Award in Poetry.
Washington Post
George Saunders’ upcoming novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, listed as one of 26 books necessary to start the new year.
NDAP Ethics Crisis
Elders kept in cages. Demonstrators maced and abused. Standing Rock is a character test, Josh Fox writes in this article. One America is failing.
PBS Newshour
Poets Anis Mojgani and Aimee Nezhukumatathil are included in this stunning portrait of Walt Whitman’s legacy.
Trébuchet
Publishers Weekly reviews Danniel Schoonebeek’s most recent collection of poems: “a searing convergence of political commentary and folk tale.”
Letter from Li-Young
Li-Young Lee grapples with questions of consciousness, humanity, and art in this internal-dialogue response to proposed questions from Humans & Nature.
Mister Monkey
High praise from the New York Times Book Review for Francine Prose’s new book: “so fresh and new it’s almost giddy.”
Election Year
The Boton Globe publishes a poem by Richard Blanco offering a reflection for voters as the polls close.
Hercules in Brooklyn
Bryan Doerries production in Brooklyn of Hercules’ battles inspired a challenging discussion on gun violence.
Responsibility in Haiti
Jonathan M. Katz examines the relationship between the Clintons, the U.S., and Haiti in this piece for Slate Magazine.