Ten Questions for Jordy Rosenberg
“I am often wildly optimistic about my productivity in the mornings. This feeling lasts no later than noon.” —Jordy Rosenberg
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Interrogating Every Line
The author of Clutch (Tin House, February 2026) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript.
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Ten Questions for Tayari Jones
“I think that losing the joy of process causes writer’s block.” —Tayari Jones, author of Kin
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Manipulating the Shape of a Story
The author of Clutch (Tin House, February 2026) reflects on adjusting rising and falling action across time in fiction.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Write a series of formal poems to reflect on a complicated aspect of your life, a story in which you pose as the recipient of letters from a nonhuman character, or a hybrid essay that incorporates elements of memoir and criticism.
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Q&A: Katrine Øgaard Jensen Leads ALTA
The new executive director of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) discusses the role of translation in the literary landscape and exciting upcoming initiatives at ALTA.
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The Written Image: Rewriting the World
A new exhibition at the Center for Book Arts in New York City focuses on Isidore Isou and the postwar, avant-garde artistic movement he spearheaded in France.
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Literary MagNet: Mandy-Suzanne Wong
The prose writer Mandy-Suzanne Wong highlights journals that have published some of her surprising, emotive essays on mollusks including Digging Press Journal and Black Warrior Review.
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Small Press Points: Trio House Press
Founded in 2012 and now based in Minneapolis, Trio House Press publishes twelve books of poetry and nonfiction annually and aims for its titles to build empathy and understanding.
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Poetry to Save Us: Boa at 50
Boa Editions celebrates a half century of independent publishing and releases a previously unpublished collection of Lucille Clifton’s poetry.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Night Owl by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Frog: And Other Essays by Anne Fadiman.
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The Clash of Amazon and the Indies
Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, a look back at last year’s controversy when Amazon surprised indie stores with a sale of its own.
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A Lifeline From Literary Arts Fund
Seven private foundations have forged a new partnership to support literary arts organizations amidst an increasingly precarious funding landscape.
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Blurring the Borders in Fiction: On Mapping and Naming, Unmapping and Unnaming
A novelist explores the decision to name real places in fiction, the way maps circumscribe those places, how locales heavily defined by tourism are susceptible to those projections, and what it means to push against those expectations.
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Sowing Season: On ASL Poetry, Deaf Art, and the Queer Archive
The author of Last Psalm at Sea Level considers the different shapes of language through a reflection on curating Deaf art and signed literature for programming at the Guggenheim Museum.
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Finding Shelter: Love Stories From the Book Tour
While promoting her book, an author collects personal stories of shelter and storm, curating an accidental anthology that demonstrates how sharing stories fosters community during a time of climate upheaval.
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Send Me a Sign
At Ragdale, the author of The Great Believers receives portents that shape her books and strengthen her resolve.
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Crime and Compassion: A Profile of T Kira Māhealani Madden
T Kira Māhealani Madden’s new novel, Whidbey, asks challenging questions about how we as a society treat and talk about both the survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse.
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Residing in Possibility
Amid political turmoil and momentous life changes, a retreat at the Blue Mountain Center gives the author of The Archer inspiring ideas about how to be an artist—even without writing any new pages.
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Writing a Dream Into Reality
A fortuitous residency at Jentel gives the author of Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites a chance to dream big and forge the first hundred pages of a new collection in just two weeks.
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Close Encounters
Foxes, llamas, and one portentous bobcat remind the author of Ninetails: Nine Tales that the artistic process can’t be planned or tamed—and that perhaps its wildness is one of the reasons we write.
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Runaway
In the aftermath of his father’s death, an encounter with a literary hero at the Disquiet International Literary Program gives the author of Wyoming what he needs to write again: gratitude.
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Sometimes a Fish, Sometimes a Story
In a season of disappointment while trying to conceive, the author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder reconnects with creativity at the Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers.
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Carrier of Meaning: A Q&A With Jake Skeets
With his second collection, Horses, award-winning poet Jake Skeets shows us how to contemplate the profundity of our interconnected world, holding space for both grief and beauty, the Anthropocene and queer eros.
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Ten Questions for D. S. Waldman
“Take your time.” —D. S. Waldman, author of Atria
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