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]
New & Noteworthy
We are honored to have supported these writers through grants, fellowships, and awards.
Open Secrets
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]
You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Patrick Strickland's nonfiction book, You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave, was published by Melville House Publishing on April 15, 2025. "You Can Kill Each Other ... [Read More]
No Less Strange or Wonderful
Visiting Fellowship Scholar of Note A. Kendra Greene's collection of essays, No Less Strange or Wonderful, was published by Tin House on March 4, 2025. "No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant ... [Read More]
Write Forward: IWWG Anthology
The de Groot Foundation is honored to support Write Forward, the International Women's Writing Guild's 2025 Anthology. Write Forward aligns with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of ... [Read More]
Blood Music
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Emily Hockaday's poetry book, Blood Music, was published by Small Harbor on February 20, 2025. Through pregnancy and birth, a father’s illness and death, and a ... [Read More]
What I Mean to Say
American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Williams was the recent CBC Massey Lecturer. His book, What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time, is a compilation of those lectures and is ... [Read More]
The Nutcracker Chronicles
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Janine Kovac's fairytale memoir, The Nutcracker Chronicles, was published by She Writes Press on November 12, 2024. Learn more and order your copy! ... [Read More]
Bloom
COURAGE to WRITE Grantee Leah Whitcomb's poetry collection, Bloom, was published by Starclay Publishing on June 11th, 2024. Learn more and purchase your own copy! ... [Read More]
TRESPASS: Portraits of Unhoused Life, Love and Understanding
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Kim Watson's debut story collection, TRESPASS: Portraits of Unhoused Life, Love and Understanding, was published by Broadleaf Books on May 14th, 2024. As seen ... [Read More]
Apocalypse Still (Stories)
COURAGE to WRITE Grantee Leah Whitcomb's debut story collection, Apocalypse Still, was published by Starclay Publishing on March 13th, 2024. Learn more and purchase your own copy! ... [Read More]
Permafrost
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Gary V. Powell's poetry book Permafrost was published by Finishing Line Press in June 2023. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
Poems for Employees
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Morris McLennan's debut poetry chapbook, Poems for Employees, was published by Bottlecap Press in January 2024. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
In a Body
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Emily Hockaday's poetry book, In a Body, was published by Small Harbor Publishing in October 2023. Learn more and order your copy HERE ... [Read More]
Map of Future Ruins
LANDO Grantee Lauren Markham's nonfiction novel, A Map of Future Ruins, was published by Riverhead Books on February 13th, 2024. Learn more and purchase your own copy! ... [Read More]
to be in & of
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Awardee Joshua Aiken's debut poetry chapbook, to be in & of, was published by Palette Poetry on August 7th, 2023. Learn more and order your copy HERE ... [Read More]
Mtama Road
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Awardee Linda Musita's book, Mtama Road, was published by down river road on August 4th, 2023. Learn more and order your own copy HERE. ... [Read More]
membery
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Grant Awardee Preeti Kaur Rajpal's debut book of poetry, membery, was published by Tupelo Press on November 1, 2023. Learn more and order your copy HERE ... [Read More]
The Birthright of Sons
COURAGE to WRITE Grantee, Jefferey Spivey's short story collection, The Birthright of Sons, was published by Texas Tech University Press on January 9, 2024. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough
American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Dina Nayeri's book, Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough, was published by Catapult in March 2023. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
How Strange a Season: Fiction
Visiting Fellow Megan Mayhew Bergman’s How Strange a Season: Fiction, was published by Scribner in March 2022. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
The Naked Don’t Fear the Water
American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Matthieu Aikins brings his reporting from Afghanistan to touch on the critical humanitarian refugee crises in his book, The Naked Don't Fear the Water, ... [Read More]
The Family Chao: A Novel
Visiting Fellow Lan Samatha Chang’s The Family Chao: A Novel was published by W.W. Norton & Company in February 2022. Learn more and purchase your copy HERE ... [Read More]
Call Us What We Carry
Writer in Residence Amanda Gorman's book of poetry, Call Us What We Carry was published on December 7th, 2021 by Viking Books. It became a NY Times instant bestseller! Learn more and purchase your ... [Read More]