Forbes
Joy Harjo on being named artist-in-residence at The New Bob Dylan Center: “I remember being caught by his voice and his lyrics.”
Publishers Weekly
Check out this Q&A with acclaimed poet and educator Taylor Mali.
Oprah Daily
Elizabeth Acevedo wants young women of color to be represented tenderly and with love.
The New Yorker
Read “Sundown Walks to the Edge of the Story,” a new poem by Joy Harjo.
Newswires
UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture awarded to poet Dunya Mikhail.
The Guardian
An interview with Deesha Philyaw: “‘I wanted to challenge the church’s obsession with sex.”
Harvard Review
An interview with Casey Plett about A Dream of a Woman and how she approaches the craft of writing a love story.
For The Love Podcast
Tune in to this episode of Jen Hatmaker’s podcast for her conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Miami-Herald
He was President Barack Obama’s inaugural poet. Now, Richard Blanco is Miami-Dade’s first poet laureate.
Oprah Daily
Vanessa Hua’s Forbidden City included in 22 of the Best New Books to Welcome Spring.