PEN/Faulkner
Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
NPR
Listen to this conversation with Maggie Smith as she speaks to “trying on hope” and moving forward in the wake of her divorce.
New York Times
Read “Inaugural” an original poem by Jericho Brown on the occasion of the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Deadline
Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies will be adapted for television by Tessa Thompson for HBO Max.
EW
What’s in a Page: Chlorine Sky’s Mahogany L. Browne can write quite literally anywhere.
Shondaland
On Mahogany L. Browne’s debut YA novel Chlorine Sky, “Here’s the book, here’s a part of my heart, I hope you like it.”
New York Times
Congratulations to Aimee Nezhukumatathil whose World of Wonders landed at #5 on the New York Times’ Best Sellers in Nonfiction!
BBC
Listen to this interview with poet Valzhyna Mort as she reflects on first-hand stories from friends who are protesting in Belarus.
New York Times
Valzhyna Mort’s stunning new collection Music for the Dead and Resurrected included in The Best Poetry of 2020.
Bobbitt Prize
Congratulations to Natasha Trethewey and Terrance Hayes, recipients of the 2020 Bobbitt National Prize for Lifetime Achievement & Poetry.