Where Magic Meets Love—and Someone Probably Has Wings
Jessi Cole Jackson
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Romantasy 101
Jessi Cole Jackson takes a deep dive into the genre’s origins and explores how and why it captivates so many readers.
The Big Conversation
The Present and Future of Literary Magazines
Emily Nemens, former editor of THE PARIS REVIEW, talks with Leigh Anne Couch, editor of SWING; Gerald Maa, editor of THE GEORGIA REVIEW; and Patrick Ryan, editor of ONE STORY, about the mission, evolution, and vitality of literary magazines.
Finding Home in the Long Middle
Ramona Ausubel shares ideas and strategies for learning to love the most intimidating parts of your draft.
Finding Your Face
When Metaphor Becomes a Mask
Emily Stoddard reckons with the ways she’s hidden her neurodivergence in her work.
Unsilencing History
Tamiko Nimura finds her Japanese American grandfather in the National Archives along with parallels between America’s past and present.
The Art and Craft of the Substack Newsletter
Christine Sneed offers tips for making your newsletter vital to you and your readers.
From Isolation to Community
Rosie Sultan confronts cancer and the myth that real writers work in solitude.
Oiling Your Armor
On Rejection and Remembering Why You Write
Chital Mehta gets good news about her novel after learning to separate writing from publishing.
The Writer’s Chronicle Audiobook Playlist
Libro.fm rounds up selections by contributors and authors discussed in April’s TWC.
Prompted
Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Jacqueline Doyle, and Mike McClelland share favorite writing prompts in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction.
Read excerpts from new and forthcoming books.
Towards a Retreat
Samaa Abdurraqib
Diode Editions
A Brief History of My Sex Life
Subhaga Crystal Bacon
Lily Poetry Review
Enormous Morning
Philip Schultz
W. W. Norton
What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?
Kate Crane
Hanover Square
The First 649 Days: Essays and Other Acts of Love
Eric LeMay
The Kent State University Press
A Place for What We Lose
Tamiko Nimura
University of Washington Press
Love and Other Monsters
Emily Franklin
Godine
An Impossibility of Crows
Kirsten Kaschock
University of Massachusetts Press
Clutch
Emily Nemens
Tin House
Farewell, Baltimore, and Hello, Chicago
Kenyatta Rogers previews #AWP27, explaining why the Windy City is so inviting to artists.
Contests & Calls: Staff Selections
Ten listings from AWP’s Contests & Calls web page
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