Q&A: Michelle Aielli Leads AWP
After nine months as interim executive director of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Michelle Aielli was named executive director in July. The organization she now oversees supports…
Literary MagNet: Dong Li
In translating Ye Hui’s poems from the Chinese in the collection The Ruins (Phoneme Media, November 2025), Dong Li wanted to foreground a writer he says is an “underdog” in…
The Written Image: AUTO Books
Founded in 2022 and based in Los Angeles, AUTO Books is equal parts rare bookshop, literary archive, sculptural intervention, and traveling salon—all housed in the trunk of a 1984 Mercedes-Benz…
Small Press Points: Green Linden Press
Christopher Nelson, the publisher and editor of Green Linden Press, believes “poetry is the most fluid literary art.” He adds, “In its shape, it can be formal or free; in…
The Literary Sizzle in Dallas
People in Dallas are hungry for poetry,” says Mag Gabbert, the city’s poet laureate. “There’s so much demand for participating in events, for offering workshops, for educating folks in different contexts…
History Extra podcast: Tudor life with Ruth Goodman
What did ordinary Tudors eat and drink on a daily basis? How did they keep themselves clean without baths and showers? And what surprising beliefs did they hold about sex,…
CARELESS WHISPERS (Japanese Version 1984)
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Literary Arts Thrives in Portland
He and Bullock also see the unique programmatic structure of Literary Arts as contributing to its success. The national landscape is full of smaller literary organizations that focus on single…
I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)
I Was a Teenage Zombie is a 1987 American comedy horror film. The film begins with teens looking to purchase some marijuana. The film plays with comedy horror conventions, when…