Tune in on November 10th at 7 PM EDT for the November Pen Parentis Literary Salon: BUILDING WRITER-PARENT COMMUNITY: Meet the Author's Guild in conversation with Patrice Gopo, Anca Szilágyi, and Nikoo ... [Read More]
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Read the First Installment of Leila C. Nadir’s Column for LARB
Everywhere and Nowhere All at Once: On Afghanistan, empire, and American amnesia on the 25th anniversary of the US invasion by Leila C. Nadir Director's & COURAGE to WRITE Grantee Leila C. ... [Read More]
The Dial Discusses HOW WE SEE IT at the American Library in Paris
Check out award-winning Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk and Dial editor Madeleine Schwartz' event at the American Library in Paris, "How The World Views Trump’s America." How do those ... [Read More]
A Chilling Autumn Read: THE HOUSE BUILT ON ALLIGATOR BONES
Out now! COURAGE to WRITE & Director's grantee Sophia Huneycutt's novel, The House Built on Alligator Bones, was published by Dutton Books / Penguin Random House on October 6, 2026. This is ... [Read More]
Meet the 2026-27 de Groot Visiting Fellows at the American Library in Paris!
Congratulations Madhuri Vijay, Ricardo Nuila, Adam Leith Gollner, Julie Carrick Dalton, & Molly Peacock! The de Groot Visiting Fellowship Program at the American Library in Paris supports ... [Read More]
Meet the 2026 Director’s Grantees!
Congratulations to our Director's Grant Recipients! We are honored to support your projects, and can't wait to see them out in the world! Congratulations to Abdelrahman Elgendy, Alfredo Aguiliar, ... [Read More]
New This Week from The Dial: June Bugs in Bogotá & International Debt Control
The Dial publishes two pieces a week, one original to The Dial and one in translation. This week's articles include: Only a Little While Here by María Ospina (Tr. Heather ... [Read More]
Watch “Writing Characters from Family” with Sheila Kohler
Check out Writer-in-Residence Sheila Kohler's recent event at the American Library in Paris, Writing Characters from Family. Delve into the intricate process of crafting characters inspired by life ... [Read More]
Should Human Life Be Optimized? Read Anna Louie Sussman’s Three-Part Series on Human Embryos
For the past two and a half years, COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Anna Louie Sussman has been working on a three-part series for The New York Times about human embryos. The first story, "What Do ... [Read More]
The DAG Prize is Open! Apply by March 15th
We’re happy to announce the DAG prize, created in part by one of our COURAGE to WRITE finalists, is now open! Applications are now open for the first annual DAG Prize in Literature, a $20,000 ... [Read More]