Chigozie Obioma Nominated for Nigerian Prize for Literature
The shortlisted novels include Obioma’s The Road to the Country, This Motherless Land by Nikki May, and Sanya by Oyin Olugbile. The winner will be announced in October 2025.
Arthur Sze, 25th Poet Laureate of the United States
BFA artist Arthur Sze will serve as 25th Poet Laureate of the United States. Congratulations, Arthur!
NY Emmy Awards
Mahogany L. Browne has been nominated for a NY Emmy for her debut film How to Build A City.
Poets House
An interview with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs on hybridity: “Hybridity means failure and chance. It means reeducation and miseducation.”
NYR
Read “When the End Starts” a new poem by Jorie Graham: “Don’t forget anything a voice calls out.Remember what I asked you for.”
Playbill
Kwame Alexander collaborating with Christopher Jackson and Candrice Jones on The Crossover Musical, directed by Jade King Carroll.
The New Yorker
Read “Bob Marley, Live, 1980” a new poem from Kwame Dawes: “the voice turning his syntax into a final plea, / I remember, I remember, I remember when.”
Whiting Award
Congratulations to Aisha Sabatini Sloan, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
The Republic
Chigozie Obioma has joined The Republic as Fiction Editor to launch a new era for the publication as it embraces storytelling in all its forms.
Guggenheim
Congratulations to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.