Free Writing
The recent winner of Britain's oldest literary award doesn't think his debut novel would have found success if it had first been published in his native Bangladesh. More
Interview with Christopher Merrill and Robert Shapard, Editors of Flash Fiction International
Robert Shapard and Christopher Merrill, co-editors of the anthology Flash Fiction International, in conversation about the form and translating it. More
The Common Core in Action
Writer, blogger, and middle school teacher K. Imani Tennyson kicks off the school year with how a creative curriculum can be incorporated into the Common Core teaching standards for… More
September Bronx Writers Center Dispatch: Orlando Ferrand
Writer, artist, and PEN member Orlando Ferrand reflects on his tumultuous adolescence in Cuba, where politics and sex made uneasy bedfellows. More
Poetry Roundup: Po-blog is dead, long live the Po-blog!
In a world of inspired poetry Twitter and tumblr…nay, in a state of status update and animated gif, whatever happened to the blog scrolls of yore where poetic thought is explored ad… More
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