The de Groot foundation will award ten $7,000 grants to writers in 2023. In addition to seven COURAGE TO WRITE grants, we’re thrilled to ... [Read More]
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Expanding The Conversation
Wartime Journalism
Journalist Matthieu Aikins, visiting fellow at the American Library in Paris, and journalist Luke Mogelson talk about writing from the war ... [Read More]
Strengthening Communities
The Chanua Dada Project is launched!
The Chanua Dada Project is launched! The Chanua Dada project in Kenya empowers women through sustainable, community based entrepreneurial ... [Read More]
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Elise Thi Tran Wins 2022 First Pages Prize!
Congratulations Elise Thi Tran, winner of the 2022 First Pages Prize with Dredged From the Courtyard ... [Read More]
Jay Gao wins 2022 Desperate Literature Prize!
Jay Gao, a Chinese Scottish poet and fiction writer, wins the 2022 Desperate Literature Short Story ... [Read More]
Celebrating Authors
Matthieu Aikins, Visiting Fellow, brings his reporting from Afghanistan to touch on the critical humanitarian refugee crises in his new book, The Naked Don’t Fear the Water.
Former Visiting Fellow, Lan Samatha Chang’s, The Family Chao: A Novel, published by W.W. Norton & Company is in bookstores now.
Former Visiting Fellow Megan Meyhew Bergman’s, How Strange a Season: Fiction, published by Scribner will be in stores soon.
Recent Writer in Residence, Amanda Gorman’s book of poetry, Call Us What We Carry was a NY Times instant bestseller!