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What We Want You To Know...

Declining Birthrates: Sussman’s NYT Oped

June 12, 2026

Promotional graphic for Anna Louie Sussman's newest article for the New York Times. A collage of three images: a baby mobile, the title of Anna's article: "Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All" and Anna's black and white headshot, where she is smiling to the left in a black top with her hair in a bun.

Read "Why So Few Babies? We May Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All" by Director's Grant Recipient Anna Louie Sussman, recently featured in the New York Times. Access the full ... [Read More]

Hala Alyan Named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist!

May 12, 2026

Promotional graphic celebrating Hala Alyan as a 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Hala's headshot, where she is looking into the camera in a black top with her long, dark hair down, is on the left. Her memoir cover, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I'M HOME, is on the right.

Congratulations to past American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Hala Alyan, whose memoir, I'll Tell You When I'm Home, was named a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist! What an honor to have you in our ... [Read More]

Rhae Lynn Barnes Captures the Breadth of Blackface – NYT

May 2, 2026

Image of writer Rhae Lynn Barnes standing with one hand on her hip and the other on a railing. She is looking at the camera and wearing a black pantsuit and brown belt, with her long brown hair down.

Previous American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Rhae Lynn Barnes' newest book, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment was featured on the Sunday cover of the New York Times Book ... [Read More]

Out Now! How We See It by The Dial Magazine

May 1, 2026

Promotional graphic for The Dial Magazine's book, HOW WE SEE IT. Dark blue text over a cream background has a quote about the book: “To read this rich, subtle and moving anthology is to be reminded that it is often foreigners who understand us best, and that if the ‘American experiment’ in democracy is to survive, we had better pay attention to how they see it.” Adam Shatz, author of The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon"

Published on June 9th! Congratulations to The Dial for the publication of their book, How We See It, by New Press! “To read this rich, subtle and moving anthology is to be reminded that it is often ... [Read More]

New This Week from The Dial: June Bugs in Bogotá & International Debt Control

March 31, 2026

Composite of two images: the top, a june bugs in Bogotá on a leaf. The bottom, an illustration of a circle of chairs on top of the earth, with one red one in the middle.

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

April 11, 2025

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

March 28, 2025

Black and white headshot of writer Anna Louie Sussman smiling in a black top, with her hair in a bun, in front of a plain white background. Screenshots of the beginning of her three New York Times articles are to the left of her headshot. They read ""What Do We Owe This Cluster of Cells?" "Should Human Life Be Optimized?" and "Are Embryos Property/ Human Life? Neither?"

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

February 1, 2025

 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]

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The de Groot Foundation is a private 501(C)(3) grant making foundation located in the United States that supports writers and the literary arts.

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