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An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States

By Arielle Zibrak | March 19, 2025

We Are All Nobody: Mary Jo Salter on Finding Beauty and Community in Poetry

We Are All Nobody: Mary Jo Salter on Finding Beauty and Community in Poetry

“Let’s try to put our own vanities aside when we write poems, and let’s read the poems by other people that make us feel most alive.”

By Mary Jo Salter | August 3, 2024

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

"In poems, we converse and commune with the zeitgeist or spirit of the age."

By Elaine Equi | September 5, 2023

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

Tess Taylor on the Ancient Genre of Garden Poems and the Connective Power of Working with Plants

By Tess Taylor | August 29, 2023

The Heart of Genre: Regina Kanyu Wang, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Sheree Renée Thomas on Curating Anthologies

The Heart of Genre: Regina Kanyu Wang, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Sheree Renée Thomas on Curating Anthologies

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre">This Week from Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | October 5, 2022

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

“The greatest poems demand change. Maybe we need to change to meet them.”

By Matthew Zapruder | September 13, 2022

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The Collaborative Force of Anthologies

By Memoir Nation | July 25, 2022

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By Natalie Eve Garrett | April 20, 2022

Steph Cha on Choosing the Best of Mystery and Suspense During an Unprecedented and Harrowing Year

By Steph Cha | October 14, 2021

“The Fish Tank Crab”

“The Fish Tank Crab”

Genna Gardini

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 3, 2021

Horseback Riding"> Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of<br

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By Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | July 29, 2021

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By History of Literature | December 21, 2020

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

J. Kenji López-Alt on Editing an Anthology as Coronavirus Hit

By J. Kenji López-Alt | December 14, 2020

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Talking to Phillip Lopate About Thwarted Expectations, Emerson, and the 21st-Century Essay Boom

By Phillip Lopate | November 17, 2020

The Best Dog Poems Reveal the Good and the Mischievous in Our Canine Friends

The Best Dog Poems Reveal the Good and the Mischievous in Our Canine Friends

Duncan Wu Goes Deep on a Blessed Genre

By Duncan Wu | October 29, 2020

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

the Reading Women Podcast">In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on
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By Reading Women | October 14, 2020

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