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You Must Take Part in Revolution

August 12, 2025

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Melissa Chan's graphic novel, You Must Take Part in Revolution, co-authored with Badiucao was published by Street Noise Books on March 4th, 2025. A powerful and ... [Read More]

Read Issue 30 of The Dial: FEVER

July 11, 2025

Graphic for Issue 30 of The Dial Magazine. Red border with a cream background. The Dial logo is at the top in red, with a red banner with cream text that says "Issue 30: Fever" underneath. The issue's logo, a thermometer line drawing with red up to the top temperature, is large and centered.

The Dial's 30th issue, Fever, is out now. Read at thedial.world "The stories this month take on various issues that have reached peak intensity. In Mauritius, jellyfish are dying, the seas are ... [Read More]

Amy Kennedy’s Experience at Bread Loaf Environmental Writers

July 11, 2025

Headshot of writer Amy Kennedy looking at the camera in front of a gray background. She is wearing a black top, large-framed patterned glasses, big earrings, and her hair is down. White text underneath reads “Considering the moment we are in politically, being surrounded by other people writing about the environment was not only an exercise in craft, but an exercise in resistance and optimism.”

COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy recently attended the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference. During her time at Bread Loaf, Amy workshopped the manuscript for her next project, All's Well ... [Read More]

Meet Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson

July 9, 2025

Headshot of Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson. He is looking at the camera in a blue button down and navy blue jacket with a pink flower pin and gold bug pin on it. You can see the "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles in the background. The sky is gray.

Congratulations Rasheed Newson, a 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow! Rasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me. The novel was a Lambda ... [Read More]

Meet Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon

July 9, 2025

Black and white headshot of Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon. She is looking at the camera in front of a black background. Her long black hair is down and she is wearing a black top with a white collared coat.

Congratulations R. O. Kwon, a 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow! R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s ... [Read More]

Meet the 2025-26 Scholars of Note

July 9, 2025

Graphic of the three new Scholars of Note at the American Library in Paris. Three headshots on top of a red background. From left to right: Lilly Dancyger, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, and Brenda Withers.

Congratulations to Lilly Dancyger, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, and Brenda Withers, the 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship Scholars of Note! Lilly Dancyger is the author of First Love: ... [Read More]

Brenda Withers

July 9, 2025

Headshot of Scholar of Note Brenda Withers. She is looking at the camera with her long hair in a ponytail in a green tank top in front of a blurred background.

Brenda Withers is a playwright, theater artist, and founding member of the Harbor Stage Company on Cape Cod. Her plays (The Ding Dongs, Off Peak, Matt & Ben) have been produced Off Broadway and ... [Read More]

Dr. Eve L. Ewing

July 9, 2025

Headshot of Scholar of Note Dr. Eve L. Ewing. She is looking to the side while sitting in a wooden chair in front of a yellow background. Her curly hair is down and she is wearing a long sleeve floral patterned top.

Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of several books, including most recently Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and ... [Read More]

Lilly Dancyger

July 9, 2025

Headshot of Scholar of Note Lilly Dancyger. She is looking at the camera in front of a blurred background of greenery. Her blonde curly hair is down and she is wearing a black top.

Lilly Dancyger is the author of First Love: Essays on Friendship, and Negative Space. Her work has been published by the New York Times, The Atlantic, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Guernica, Literary Hub, ... [Read More]

Rasheed Newson

July 9, 2025

Headshot of Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson. He is looking at the camera in a blue button down and navy blue jacket with a pink flower pin and gold bug pin on it. You can see the "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles in the background. The sky is gray.

Rasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me. The novel was a Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction and was named one of the “100 Notable Books of 2022” by ... [Read More]

R. O. Kwon

July 9, 2025

Black and white headshot of Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon. She is looking at the camera in front of a black background. Her long black hair is down and she is wearing a black top with a white collared coat.

R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, was a finalist for the National Book Critics ... [Read More]

Paper Money

July 7, 2025

Graphic for poet Winshen Liu's upcoming publication, PAPER MONEY. To the right is Winshen's headshot, where she is smiling at the camera in a red and black coat with her long hair down, next to her book cover for PAPER MONEY, which has a red background and various cream colored origami sheets folding in different ways.

COURAGE to WRITE grantee Winshen Liu's poetry chapbook, Paper Money, was published by Driftwood Press on August 5, 2025. "Paper Money is a sensory and sparse exploration of grief and the complexity ... [Read More]

Join Nishant Batsha in NYC on July 9th: A BOMB PLACED CLOSE TO THE HEART

July 7, 2025

Headshot of writer Nishant Batsha smiling in front of foliage. He is wearing circular glasses and a navy blue long sleeve with his arms crossed in front of him. the cover of new book, A BOMB PLACED CLOSE TO THE HEART, has a red background with a cream graphic of a man and woman in an embrace.

Join COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha at Rizzoli Bookstore in New York City on July 9th to celebrate his new book, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart. He'll be speaking with Executive ... [Read More]

Sakinah Hofler’s “Stable” is forthcoming from Henry Holt & Company!

June 23, 2025

Headshot of writer Sakinah Hofler, in a blue top with large silver hoops, is smiling at the camera in front of a blurred background. Text reads "Congratulations Sakinah!" in larger text and "Stable forthcoming from Henry Holt & Company" in smaller italicized text underneath.

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Sakinah Hofler, whose novel Stable is now forthcoming from Henry Holt & Company, an imprint of Macmillan Books! Playwright, poet, and ... [Read More]

The Dial’s Contributors Win Multiple Awards!

June 23, 2025

Graphic for The Dial based off of their 2024 annual report. The Dial logo is in black at the top of the graphic, and a checkered pattern of images and graphics related to the articles that won awards alternate with solid squares of reds, blues, and purples. Black text at the bottom reads "In 2024, The Dial's contributors won multiple awards!"

Congratulations to The Dial contributors that won awards this past year! ... [Read More]

Read Issue 29 of The Dial: FATHERS

June 8, 2025

Graphic for Issue 29 of The Dial Magazine. Teal border with a cream background. The Dial logo is at the top in teal, with a teal banner with cream text that says "Issue 29: Fathers" underneath. The issue's logo, a swirl line drawing with teal cracks in it, is large and centered.

The Dial's 29th issue, Fathers, is out now. Read at thedial.world "Safety, terror, admiration, silence. Fathers can evoke so much — even in their absence. This month, we explore the realm of ... [Read More]

To Save and To Destroy

June 4, 2025

A past Writer-in-Residence, Viet Thanh Nquyen's newest book, To Save and To Destroy, was published on April 8, 2025 by Belknap Press. "Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United ... [Read More]

The Dry Season

June 3, 2025

Visiting Fellowship Scholar of Note Melissa Febos' memoir, The Dry Season, was published by Knopf on June 3, 2025. "From the national best-selling author of Girlhood, an examination of the ... [Read More]

New Release: THE DRY SEASON by Melissa Febos

June 2, 2025

Headshot of writer Melissa Febos looking at the camera. Her hair is down and she is wearing a black top and gold necklace in front of a black background. The cover of her new memoir, THE DRY SEASON, is on the left. It has a renaissance-esque painting of a woman with pink and yellow gradients added overtop and white text that reads "The Dry Season" in large text and "A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex" in smaller text underneath, followed by "Melissa Febos. National bestselling author of Girlhood."

Visiting Fellowship Scholar of Note Melissa Febos’ memoir, The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, was published by Knopf on June 3, 2025. “From the national best-selling author ... [Read More]

NYT Summer Read: A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart

May 30, 2025

Headshot of writer Nishant Batsha smiling in front of foliage. He is wearing circular glasses and a navy blue long sleeve with his arms crossed in front of him. the cover of new book, A BOMB PLACED CLOSE TO THE HEART, has a red background with a cream graphic of a man and woman in an embrace.

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha's novel A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart was listed in the New York Times article, 31 Novels Coming This Summer. It was also included in the LA Times ... [Read More]

Amy Kennedy Accepted to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference

May 30, 2025

Headshot of writer Amy Kennedy looking at the camera in front of a gray background. She is wearing a black top, large-framed patterned glasses, big earrings, and her hair is down. White text underneath reads, in all caps, "Congratulations Amy! Accepted to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference"

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy, who was accepted to and will be attending the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference! During her time at Bread Loaf, Amy will be ... [Read More]

A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart

May 29, 2025

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha's novel, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart, was published by ecco/HarperCollins on July 1st, 2025. "An expansive and poignant novel of love, radical ... [Read More]

Open Secrets

May 28, 2025

Headshot of author Sheila Kohler smiling at the camera with long white hair, a beaded necklace, and purple top. Her book cover, OPEN SECRETS, is in the bottom left corner. Th cover shows an image of a cliff, beach, and sailboat in the ocean, with "SHEILA KOHLER, Author of When We Were Sisters" and OPEN SECRETS in large yellow letters.

Read American Library in Paris Writer-in-Residence Sheila Kohler's thriller novel, Open Secrets, published by Penguin Random House. Watch for the re-release of some of her other books later this ... [Read More]

LAMP BACK: PLAYS AND OTHER GRIEVANCES by Anthony Hudson is forthcoming!

May 12, 2025

Rust red solid background with white text and a photo. Large white text on top reads "Congratulations Anthony!" Underneath, on the left hand side, is a split headshot of Anthony Hudson looking at the camera. The left half of the image is a black and white headshot of Anthony in front of a body of water, and the right half of the image is a colorful headshot of Anthony's drag persona, Carla Rossi, in dramatic makeup with disco ball earrings. Smaller white text to the right of the headshot reads "LAMP BACK: Plays and Other Grievances forthcoming from Northwestern University Press."

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Anthony Hudson, whose debut collection of plays and writing, LAMP BACK: Plays and Other Grievances is now forthcoming from Northwestern University ... [Read More]

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