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