Join Laura Warrell to celebrate the release of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm, a thrilling debut novel about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, following a jazz musician and an ensemble cast of
Four poet friends gather in a virtual circle of memory and reflection to read from and talk about their recent work, especially the shared sensibilities, experiences and concerns that led them to
A good poem makes feeling and thinking scrutable, and makes use of any number of tools (think sonics, image, tone, diction, figurative speech, lineation, white space) to help the writer
Early career writers often assume that readersâ interest and attention are a given, while, in truth, readers have limited amounts of either to spare. To meet this challenge, writers can
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From unreliability to intimacy, first-person offers the writer a rich arsenal with which to build tension, plot and characterization. But for Katie Kitamura, the shift to writing in the first
There are so many good poems. There are, however, very few perfect poems. While we understand perfection is subjective and unachievable, why is Brigit Pegeen Kellyâs "Song" a favorite, a perfect poem among poets? In this
Drawing on a personal blog post, Bethany C. Morrow will discuss how integral a stage of her writing processâthinking about writingâhas been, and why she thinks it can combat (the possible
Word Works craft talks by novelists, essayists, poets, and memoirists focus on writing as process rather than finished product, examining how language works to inspire and provoke new ideas through
Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, weâve decided to go
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