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When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...
Berkley Wendell Semple on Guyanese Identity and Writing, and the Prize that Honours Both.
Taba’s debut work of fiction, ‘Tales from the Dawn-lit Mountains’, a collection of short stories, was published earlier in ...
At 90, Earl Lovelace is still writing. Not for acclaim or completion, but because it remains, quite simply, what he was meant to do. “It was something I thought I ...
Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...
My writing during these past five years is filled with memories of my long journey with God over a lifetime; but very ...
The onetime San Antonian is considered a contemporary master of the western novel and was greatly influenced by living in rural Texas.
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski.
George Wilkerson and Kat Bodrie share a unique relationship. Wilkinson is an inmate on North Carolina’s death row. Bodrie is ...
What could such seemingly disparate people have in common? It is the shared experience of an SMC writing workshop. Each enrolls with an interest in developing as a writer, and once they find ...
Mowtushi’s work is based on a childhood lived in North Africa that eventually led her to a scholarly quest. In the early 1990s she had spent some years in Algeria with her parents because of her ...
Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She ...