Sarah R. Baughman talks about her writing process.
To honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819), North American Review is publishing two…
Look what’s out in paperback tomorrow (June 4)! The Mortification of Fovea Munson by Mary Winn Heider. It’s LOL funny—the…
My essay “So Many Names” is out this week in an anthology from Coming to the Table: Slavery’s Descendants: Shared…
After reading Adam P. Schmitt’s debut middle grade novel Speechless, I was… speechless. No, really. I was. Seriously. Toward the…
“To win the game is great, to play the game is greater, but to love the game is the greatest…
Last month when friend, colleague, fellow Richmonder and partner in literary dreams Meg Medina won the Newbery Medal for her…
Barbara Kingsolver says, “[Writing is] a project of balancing the audacity to do this work, and the humility to keep trying until you’ve gotten it right.”
Writing is a solitary activity, but we don’t have to do it alone… Won’t you sign up with me?
“Why does your book matter? Why should anyone read it?” David asked me.