November 2023
Mine Own Eaven
Christopher Kempf
Christopher Kempf reflects on the complicated mentorship of Eavan Boland during his Stegner Fellowship
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Scraping the Writer
Erika Swyler
Erika Swyler examines what writers do and do not have to fear about AI
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The First Domino?
Rachel King
Rachel King looks at the history, value, and possible fate of WVU’s MFA in creative writing
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Truth(s) Be Told
Donald Quist
Donald Quist on how Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead, and other Black novelists reclaim history!
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Framing the Frame
David Galef
David Galef offers a primer on the pleasures and perils of a misunderstood form
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An Interview with Alice Friman
Patricia Clark
Patricia Clark talks to the celebrated poet about getting a later start as a poet, never knowing where her poems are going, and her New and Selected Poems
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Selections from the 2023 Intro Journals Project Winners
The Intro Journals Project is a literary competition for the discovery and publication of the best new works by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs. Winners are published in participating literary journals: Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, Reed Magazine, and Tampa Review.
Read excerpts from the 2023 winning pieces, all of which are available or forthcoming.
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#WritersServe Pride Haven at #AWP24A
Scout DeSimio
AWP is excited to partner with Pride Haven for #WritersServe at #AWP24 in Kansas City, Missouri. We asked Residential Program Manager Scout DeSimio about the background of the organization to prepare conference attendees who wish to give back.
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The 2023 National Program Directors’ Prize
Notes from the editors of Lewis & Clark Literary Review and Grub Street about their winning issues
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