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Vampires, pranks and podcasts: here are some ideas to reboot 2025’s public domain books.

Vampires, pranks and podcasts: here are some ideas to reboot 2025’s public domain books.

By James Folta | January 16, 2025

Trying to Find My Voice on the Page: On Self-Doubt and Finding the Confidence it Takes to Write

Trying to Find My Voice on the Page: On Self-Doubt and Finding the Confidence it Takes to Write

"I may not know exactly where I’m going when I start a piece of writing, but I’m sure I can find my way"

By Virginia Pye | November 6, 2023

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Or: How To Talk About Wanting To Kill Yourself

By Clancy Martin | March 28, 2023

A Pathless Wood: Navigating the Poetic Border Between Health and Harm

A Pathless Wood: Navigating the Poetic Border Between Health and Harm

James Davis May on Poetry's Power to Indulge and Control Depression

By James Davis May | March 23, 2023

What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, in Conversation with Some Contributors">Annie Finch, Editor of Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, in Conversation with Some Contributors

By Literary Hub | May 5, 2022

Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. Talks to Jane Ciabattari">The Author of The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | March 8, 2022

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A close reading of an infamous poem on grief: Anne Sexton's "The Truth the Dead Know."

By Snigdha Koirala | November 9, 2021

Here are some poetic ways to respond to annoying work emails.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 12, 2021

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By Vanessa Willoughby | August 10, 2021

On the Friendship and Rivalry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

On the Friendship and Rivalry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

Gail Crowther Considers How Two Literary Icons Challenged and Inspired Each Other

By Gail Crowther | April 28, 2021

Sheltering: Maggie Doherty Needs More Than a Room of One's Own

Sheltering: Maggie Doherty Needs More Than a Room of One's Own

The Equivalents Talks to Maris Kreizman">The Author of The Equivalents Talks to Maris Kreizman

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 20, 2020

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

Behold the Zodiac Sign That Thrives Outside the Limelight

By Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky | October 29, 2019

An Anne Sexton Love Story"> The Poet and the Monk: <br

The Poet and the Monk: <br

An Anne Sexton Love Story">

An Anne Sexton Love Story">The Poet and the Monk:
An Anne Sexton Love Story

The Love Affair That Started with a Fan Letter

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 20, 2019

What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

Joy Lanzendorfer on Balancing Social Anxiety and the Need for Writerly Networking

By Joy Lanzendorfer | June 18, 2019

How to Suppress Women's Writing:

How to Suppress Women's Writing: "She Only Wrote One Good Book."

Subversive Works are Buried, While Stereotypical Ones are Upheld

By Joanna Russ | May 3, 2018

A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World

A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World

Drink Where Your Favorite Writers Once Drank

By Emily Temple | February 9, 2018

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