Category: Interviews
Conversations with poets, novelists, nonfiction writers, and playwrights about their work and craft, as well as their thoughts on creative writing education.
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The Grand Project of Being
A conversation with K. A. Hays.
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AI in the Creative Writing Classroom
A conversation on teaching writing in a ChatGPT world.
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A Sacred, Unusual Space
A conversation with Terrance Hayes.
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Writing as an Act of Research
A conversation with poet Carlina Duan.
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As Long As I Have Breath
A conversation on healing with Black teachers and writers.
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Reorienting Classroom Literacy Practices
A conversation with Maya Pindyck.
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Vulnerability Is the Hardest, Bravest Place to Go
A conversation with Melissa Febos.
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Your Scabbed Heart
A conversation with Sidik Fofana.
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The Seasons Are About What’s Blooming
A conversation on poetry, place, and Miami with Caroline Cabrera.
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The Beauty of the Snail and the Blinking Rain
A conversation with Aracelis Girmay on poetry, teaching, and picture books.
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Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine
On being a mentor with PEN’s Prison Writing Program.
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A Hunger for Stories
An Interview with Quiara Alegría Hudes
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The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop
An Interview with Felicia Rose Chavez
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Claiming a Seat at the Table of Belonging
A conversation with poet and educator Sarah M. Sala.
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Are We Teaching In A New World?
Yahdon Israel on Language Barriers, Educational Politics, and Online Teaching
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The Writer as Activist
The writer and educator’s responsibility toward current political movements in the U.S.
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Knowledge that Speaks in Difficult Times
An Interview with Sharon Mesmer
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The Braver We Become
An Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Free Verse
An Interview with Dave Johnson
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Conquering the Page
An Interview With PEN America Director Caits Meissner
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Rigorous Play and Necessary Joy
An Interview with Poet and Teacher Ross Gay
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KidSpirit
A global community for young writers.
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Knowledge Isn’t Neutral
On radical librarianship.
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A Home at the Nuyorican
A Continued Conversation with Lois Griffith