Her new book, “You Could Make This Place Beautiful,” is an exploration of what happened to her marriage after she became a well-known poet.
Category: Writing and Writers
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Roller Skates, White Claws and a Broken Wrist
A fall at a roller rink means a novelist has to write in longhand.
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Emma Choi Navigated NPR Layoffs, and College
Emma Choi, NPR’s first Gen Z podcast host, went from being an intern to landing her own show in less than a year. Then she got laid off.
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‘Judy Blume Forever’ Review: The Y.A. Author Who Went There First
The documentary, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, features Blume narrating the milestones of her life and career, along with interviews of her famous fans.
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Rita Dove and the Younger Poet Who ‘Electrified’ Her
Rita Dove taught Safiya Sinclair that “it’s OK to say a thing plainly.”
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What Salt-N-Pepa and Issa Rae See in One Another
The hip-hop duo and the “Insecure” creator on guts, going global and creating art in the public eye.
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A Lifelong Writing Mentorship That Started With a Story
Jeanette Winterson got a police escort so she could make it to Eleanor Shearer’s birth. What’s followed has been years of advice about building a creative life.
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What Unites the Writers Sigrid Nunez and Weike Wang
What began as a mentor-mentee relationship between the writers has become more “equal” and “relaxed.”
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How Lynn Nottage and Her Daughter Are Exploring Their Relationship in Writing
Can you collaborate with your mother, a Pulitzer-winning playwright, and develop your own voice too? Ruby Aiyo Gerber wasn’t too scared to try.
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A Fashion Designer and a Writer on Unlikely Allegiances
In reading Raven Leilani’s novel, Ulla Johnson recognized a commonality in their respective crafts. Leilani did, too.
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A Connection That Began When Sarah Ruhl Made Paula Vogel Cry
Sarah Ruhl met Paula Vogel as a student in her class. Thirty years later, they still exchange first drafts.
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How Sybil Lamb Helped Imogen Binnie Shape Her Creative Identity
The “Nevada” writer came across Sybil Lamb’s illustrations two decades ago and thought, “Someone out there is doing this thing that I don’t even know how to articulate.”