Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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April 21, 2016

Poem in Your Pocket Day is almost here

By Kirsten Reach

This is the twentieth year National Poetry Month has been commemorated–it began with the Academy of American Poets in 1996–and we’re pleased to be part of the national celebration. As […]

December 18, 2010

Expanding My Bookshelf

By Tamiko Beyer

Last week, I wrote that there are no easy answers or solutions to the problem of the underrepresentation of writers of color in the publishing industry. As small step towards […]

May 21, 2010

Summer Reading Stack

By Tamiko Beyer

When I was a kid, I knew summer vacation had truly begun when my mom piled us into the fake-wood-paneled station wagon and drove us to the local library. I’d […]