Poetry For All
Haleh Liza Gafori discusses the poetic constraints of the ghazal form and Rumi’s encounters with the divine.
Mariner Books
Mariner Books to publish Deesha Philyaw’s highly anticipated novel, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, in a 7-figure deal.
Poetry Foundation
Congratulations to Kimiko Hahn, Cornelius Eady, and Douglas Kearney who were among the 2023 Pegasus Awards winners.
New York Times
Maggie Smith on how she finds poetry and hard-won peace in a suburb east of Columbus.
Rumpus
Read this conversation with Elizabeth Acevedo: “I allow space for what isn’t said.”
Center for Fiction
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jamila Minnicks, Elizabeth Acevedo longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2023 First Novel Prize.
Harpers Bazaar
Airea D. Mathews on play: “Barbie reminds me of the imaginative intensity that children take on to push past time and space.”
OnBeing
Pádraig Ó Tuama reads “You wake the dead to life” written by Rumi and translated by Haleh Liza Gafori.
G&L Review
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on writing black, queer fiction: “‘So, your mother is a Black feminist? No wonder your writing is so queer!’”
Lit Hub
Daphne Palasi Andreades, Bushra Rehman, and Christine Kandic Torres talk about writing their home borough: Queens.