What Songwriters Can Teach Us About Storytelling
The author of I’ll Give You a Reason considers what short fiction writers can learn from popular songs.
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What Herbie Hancock Taught Me About Formal Poetry
The author of Midwhistle contemplates the common ground between jazz music and poetry.
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Ten Questions for Zachary Pace
“In the intimacy of the book, I feel very vulnerable.” —Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who’ve Made Me Who I Am
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Storytelling in Poetry
The author of What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems examines poetic approaches to narrative.
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Sound Clusters
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved reflects on the sonic pleasures of verse and offers an exercise in attending to poetry’s music.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at three new anthologies, including Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves, edited by Nicole Chung and Matt Ortile.
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Conjuring Egypt With Music
The author of Country of Origin listens to old-school Arabic music to help her render the mood of Egypt at the dawn of the postcolonial period.
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Craft Capsule: The Writer’s Mind on Music
The author of Each of Us Killers reflects on how music has informed her fiction.
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The Bookshop Band
A pair of English singer-songwriters perform literature-inspired music in bookstores across the United States.
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