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.
The Yale Review
Aminatta Forna joins TYR for a conversation on suffering, trauma, and resilience.
The New Yorker
Read “As Long As She Likes” by Ellen Bass: “I’ve never returned to my mother’s grave. / But I see her every day.”