“Ozone Journal’ by Peter Balakian, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, challenges, provokes, and helps us to see in a different light.
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Walt Whitman in Brooklyn: Newspapers and “Leaves of Grass”
Walt Whitman lived for 22 years in Brooklyn, and the city exerted a powerful influence on his poetry, especially “Leaves of Grass.”
Memoir Notebook: Harp Dreams and Good Vibrations
Sandra Heska King writes a new story for her life by taking up the harp … again.
Top 10 Anne of Avonlea Quotes
Are you a fan of the beloved L.M. Montgomery novels? Enjoy 10 great quotes from Anne of Avonlea and share your favorite with us.
What Willie Nelson Taught Me about Storytelling – Night of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Washington, D.C.
Callie Feyen learned a lot about storytelling from Willie Nelson when he was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, D.C.
Memoir Notebook: My Moveable Feast
In our latest Memoir Notebook, Michelle Rinaldi Ortega travels to Paris and encounters Ernest Hemingway and his Moveable Feast.
Mastering the Elements of Story—Workshop!
A workshop that will help you write the best stories—to sell or to share. Starts February 29.
Poets & Writers Toolkit: Productivity Apps for Busy Writers
Busy poets and writers must find ways organize themselves and their work. Today, we present top recommended productivity apps for busy writers.
Poets and Poems: Donald Hall and “Selected Poems”
Donald Hall says he can’t write poetry any more. His new “Selected Poems” demonstrates the sufficiency of what he’s written.
On Being a Writer Book Club: Surround
We conclude our group discussion of On Being a Writer by considering the things with which a writer might surround himself to influence his writing.
Poets and Poems: Sean O’Brien and “The Drowned Book”
The Drowned Book and The Beautiful Librarians by U.K. poet Sean O’Brien show how he’s one of the finest poets writing in English today.
On Being a Writer Book Club: Identify
Join our book club of On Being a Writer and let’s discuss together the question, Do you call yourself a writer?
Lydia Davis and Selective Memory, at Purchase College
In a witty address at Purchase College, Lydia Davis helps you re-imagine your writing life, from dreams to peas.
Book Love: Of Tractors and Mockingbirds
I said my goal was for students to appreciate literature. Secretly, though, my goal was for the kids to love literature. I wanted them to experience book love.
Poetic Voices: Molly Fisk and Miriam Bird Greenberg
Imagery is a critical aspect of poetry, and using it well, as Molly Fisk and Miriam Bird Greenberg do, significantly enhances the strength of the writing.
Poetic Voices: Paula Marie Coomer and Donna Vorreyer
Poets Donna Vorreyer and Paula Marie Coomer write about their lives, showing us that poetry is work and it is like windows into the soul.
An Adjuster’s Letter to John Keats
An adjuster writes a letter to John Keats, hoping to understand mystery and negative capability in a world where truth matters less than what you can prove.
Laura Lynn Brown
Laura Lynn Brown is an author and publisher who supports Tweetspeak Poetry because of the inventive, supportive, nurturing, and just plain fun things it offers.
The Windhover, by Hopkins: Sound, Image, Meaning
What does The Windhover, by Gerard Manley Hopkins, mean? Closer to myth than allegory, the possibilities are layered.
Take Your Poet to Work: Wisława Szymborska
Meet Polish poet Wisława Szymborska as we continue our preparations for celebrating Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 15.