Garcia on Cuba
Christina Garcia discusses the changes in Cuba in The Guardian.
Living Will
George Bilgere‘s poetry featured in Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac.
My Grandmother’s Grave
Dunya Mikhail‘s poetry featured on Poetry Magazine online.
Bobbitt National Prize
Patricia Smith awarded the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry by the Library of Congress!
Amiri’s Green Chim Chim-knees Growth Tribe
New song by Thomas Sayers Ellis featured in the Paris Review.
NPR Best Books
NPR chooses books by Molly Antopol, Joshua Ferris, Marilyn Nelson, Francine Prose, and Claudia Rankine.
Cuba
Richard Blanco reflects on Cuba, the US & The Poetry of Reconciliation.
Lucky Us
Amy Bloom‘s novel makes Oprah’s top 10 books of 2014!
Say Something NYC
Thanks to NYSPL Marie Howe for co-organizing the Say Something NYC Poetry Rally; w/ BFA poets Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, Nick Flynn, Sapphire, and Patricia Smith, and others.
NY bans fracking!
We honor Josh Fox and his tireless dedication. “This is as big as it gets. We just sent an uncompromising message across the whole wide world. Celebrate.”