Village Voice
Aja Monet uses poetry as a tool to protest violence and racial injustice, as reported by the Village Voice.
Bridges to/from Cuba
Richard Blanco launches a writing project to lift what he calls Cuba’s ’emotional embargo,’ as told to the AP.
Heaven
“The only way then to know a truth” writes Rowan Ricardo Phillips in his newest poetry collection, “Is to squint in its direction and poke.”
New USPL
We congratulate Juan Felipe Herrera on being named the next United States Poet Laureate!
PEN Open Book
Claudia Rankine‘s Citizen wins the 2015 PEN Open Book Award.
That Thing You Do
David Shield‘s new book, an autobiography as told to him by Samantha Matthews, available now.
My Feelings
Nick Flynn’s newest collection listed as one of Washington Post’s Best 3 Poetry Books for June.
NY Times Style
Why on earth would we get rid of our wonderful things? asks Dominique Browning in her article Let’s Celebrate the Art of Clutter.
Sunday Book Review
Mat Johnson’s new novel, featured in the NYT Sunday Book Review, tells a semi-autobiographical story about race and mixed-race in America.
O. Henry Prize
Molly Antopol‘s My Grandmother Tells Me This Story wins The O. Henry Prize for best short fiction of the year.