Cree was scribbling aimlessly with her head down in an intentional posture that made it impossible to make eye contact with me. It was the third quarter of the school year and I was standing at the ...
Garth Greenwell spoke with me from Iowa City, where he’s bracing for the release of his already widely praised first novel, “What Belongs To You” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 208 pp., $23). Set in ...
It’s fall, the time of year when literary journals open their doors for new submissions. Around the country, writers are polishing poems, short stories, and essays in hopes of getting published in ...
When scholars approach me for help writing a book proposal, especially when they believe their topic will be of general interest, my first piece of advice is always: Read Thinking Like Your Editor by ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Mene Ukueberuwa. Image: Jakub Porzycki/Zuma Press High-school seniors are furiously feathering final flourishes ...
The Loft Literary Center offers a series of diverse low-cost creative writing classes and is encouraging more university students to participate. The Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers Class ...
The Stinging Fly has helped launch several of Ireland’s most promising writers. How has a publication with 1,000 subscribers carved a niche in the Irish canon? By Max Ufberg Before Sally Rooney was ...
Literary agent Barbara Jones will speak to students at the Drexel Writing Festival on Wednesday, May 8 at 3:30 p.m. She has had an impressive career in the publishing industry as an editor, and she is ...