Taylor Hobbs started writing ten years ago out of necessity. With a husband in the Marine Corps, adventure took her everywhere–from military bases in California to a live-aboard sailboat named STORY ... [Read More]
Helen Spencer
Helen Spencer's family cultivated in her a love for reading and writing at a very young age. An introvert at heart who is often lost inside her own head, she has long cherished the opportunity to ... [Read More]
Meet the 2025 Pen Parentis Fellow
Congratulations to Helen Spencer, the 2025 Pen Parentis Fellow! The Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents is supported in part by The de Groot Foundation. The writing fellowship ... [Read More]
Max Watman’s novel forthcoming from Heresy Press!
Congratulations to 2023 COURAGE to WRITE grantee Max Watman, whose novel Tomorrow, the War is now forthcoming from Heresy Press! "Tomorrow, the War is an epic, multi-plot historical novel set in ... [Read More]
New Play by Morris McLennan
2023 Writer of Note Morris McLennan's play will be at The Tank in NYC at the end of January. Congratulations Morris! "In the Valley by Morris McLennan, directed by Quinn Riggs, is a tender yet ... [Read More]
Elena Dudum’s “They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful” is forthcoming from One Signal!
Congratulations to 2024 LANDO grantee Elena Dudum, whose memoir They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful is now forthcoming from One Signal Publishers! "What does reclaiming identity mean? How ... [Read More]
Abdelrahman ElGendy’s project “Huna” is forthcoming from Hogarth Books!
Congratulations to 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grantee Abdelrahman ElGendy, whose memoir Huna is now forthcoming from Hogarth Books, a Penguin Random House imprint! "Huna recounts Abdelrahman’s six years ... [Read More]
Lisa DeAngelis gives voice to an underrepresented demographic: older women
Meet Lisa DeAngelis, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grantee working on her historical fiction novel, Granny Panties. Three 70-year-old women save a drowning man and live to regret it. “I hope this ... [Read More]
Lorraine Avila’s work ruptures traditions of silence
Meet Lorraine Avila, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her fiction novel, Dieasperra. Dieasperra follows Solgone and Estela to the Dominican Republic to honor the memory of their ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis January Literary Salon
Join Pen Parentis on January 14th at 7pm ET for their Winter Poetry Salon, in conversation with Marcia LeBeau, Taté Walker, Christina Cook, and Brian Simoneau! Learn more HERE. On the second ... [Read More]
Adam Shatz Wins American Library in Paris Book Award!
Congratulations to Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz, who was awarded the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award for his novel The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. "In the era ... [Read More]
Melissa Febos at the American Library in Paris
Join 2024 Scholar of Note Melissa Febos on January 22nd, 2025 for Crafting Personal Narratives. Wednesday, January 22nd, at 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 1:30-2:30 pm ET. Join us for a lecture on the ... [Read More]
Kim Watson writes to create a deeper understanding & compassion for the poor
Meet Kim Watson, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his creative nonfiction project, Searching for Zora (Neale Hurston) - The State of Poverty in America Today. A cross-country ... [Read More]
Patrick Strickland explores the impacts of capitalism, extremism, poverty, & substance abuse
Meet Patrick Strickland, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his short story collection, A History of Heartache: Stories. This interlinked short story collection is populated by ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis: Politics of Parenthood
How does parenthood shape our politics—and our art? Pen Parentis' November Salon, "Politics of Parenthood," is now available to watch on Youtube! In conversation with Cari Luna, Stephen O’Connor, ... [Read More]
Benjamin Mauk and Nyrola Elimä investigate China’s repression of Uyghurs
2023 LANDO Grantee Benjamin Mauk and journalist and researcher Nyrola Elimä's major investigation was published by The New York Times. Mauk and Elimä investigated China's transnational repression of ... [Read More]
Emily Hockaday’s Poetry Book Set for Publication!
Congratulations to 2023 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Emily Hockaday for the upcoming publication of her poetry book, Blood Music. Through pregnancy and birth, a father’s illness and death, and a ... [Read More]
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart
2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha's novel, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart, will be published by ecco/HarperCollins in July 2025. This project received recognition as a 2022 ... [Read More]
Blood Music
2023 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Emily Hockaday's poetry book, Blood Music, will be published by Small Harbor in February 2025. Through pregnancy and birth, a father’s illness and death, and a ... [Read More]
David Philip Mullins expands on the still-emerging genre of the literary rural noir
Meet David Philip Mullins, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his novel, The Houndsman. The Houndsman follows big-game hunter Jesse Tindol on her quest to locate a missing child in ... [Read More]
Alex Cain explores closed societies and the social codes required to succeed within them
Meet Alex Cain, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her historical fiction novel, The Body in the Greenhouse. The Body in the Greenhouse, a mystery set at Harvard in 1948, explores ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis December Literary Salon
Join Pen Parentis on December 10th at 7pm ET for their Holiday Salon, in conversation with Rena Priest, Michelle Wildgen and Amy Shearn! Learn more HERE. On the second Tuesday of each month ... [Read More]
Winshen Liu Wins the Adrift Chapbook Contest
Congratulations to Winshen for winning the Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook Contest! A number of the poems from this chapbook were a part of Winshen's COURAGE to WRITE application. Congratulations on a ... [Read More]
Nishant Batsha explores parenthood within our digital and analog lives
Meet Nishant Batsha, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his novel, A Superfluous Man. A Superfluous Man explores what it means to care for children at this fraught moment, all while ... [Read More]
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