Learning to Drive
Katha Pollitt’s essay Learning to Drive now a feature film starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley.
BBC Culture
Joy Harjo‘s and Juan Felipe Herrera‘s newest poetry collections selected for the Ten Books to Read in September.
Tony Hoagland
In Tony Hoagland‘s Application for Release from the Dream, “he reminds us that even when dreams are dashed, joy sometimes interferes.”
Prodigal
“Gregerson is a poet of praise” says The New Yorker, “her poems renegotiate the terms of human happiness and safety.”
NY Times
Read Claudia Rankine‘s article The Meaning of Serena Williams on tennis and black excellence.
Literary Hub
Jill Bialosky speaks of the challenges to wearing two hats in her article When The Editor Becomes The Writer.
NY Times
Richard Blanco named the first education ambassador for the Academy of American Poets!
Washington Post
Shining reviews for three of our authors with fall poetry releases: Juan Felipe Herrera, Tony Hoagland, and Major Jackson.
Cuba Embassy
Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco to read a new poem for the US embassy opening in Havana.
The Creative Talk
“Stories are there to humanize,” says Etgar Keret in an interview with The Creative Talk.