Congratulations to the 2021 Whiting Award Winners!
The Whiting Awards are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
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Posts Tagged: Joshua Bennett
In and of the Wreck: Together in a Sudden Strangeness
In its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
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Notable Online: 9/27–10/3
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 8/9–8/15
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable NYC: 2/8–2/14
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 5/25–5/31
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 3/25–3/31
Saturday 3/25: Lucy Ives and Lila Zemborain join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/26: Ariena Reines, Lauren Hilger, T Kira Madden, Rachel Aydt, and Meghan Trask Smith join the Pigeon Pages, hosted by Allison Wood. Powerhouse Arena, 4:30 p.m., free. Monday 3/27: Deborah Clearman, Ben Dolnick, Lauren Sanders, Iromie Weeramantry, and […]
...moreNotable NYC: 1/7–1/13
Saturday 1/7: Greenlight Bookstore celebrates the grand opening of the store’s second location in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. 632 Flatbush Avenue, 7:30 p.m., free. Camonghne Felix and José Olivarez join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 1/8: Nancy Hightower, Sarah Perry, Jeremy Freedman, and Linda Harris Dolan join the Sundays at Erv’s reading […]
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The Conversation: Joshua Bennett and Camonghne Felix
What scares me in the current work is how much I trust the concept, what I’m trying to achieve.
...moreThe Conversation: Prologue
Dear Reader, For the past year, we, Aziza Barnes and Nabila Lovelace, The Founders of The Conversation, debated how we could create space for folk we love, whose work is critical, in the South. We had been living in New York, which is regarded as something of a safe haven for the Black writer. In the heat of […]
...moreThree Brilliant Poems
I’m pretty good / at not loving / anything enough / to fear its ruin. / The cruel speed / of our guaranteed / obsolescence suits / me. This way / I get to be / at least one / of my favorite / versions of myself / every other week: / brooding philosopher, / […]
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