Literary history: Maulana Daud’s ‘Candayan’ and the beginnings of writing and literature in Hindi

A growing number of historians of Hindi literature believe that the Hindi literary tradition begins with the invention of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Garth Greenwell on writing sex in his novel ‘What Belongs to You’ and the queer literary tradition

Garth Greenwell spoke with me from Iowa City, where he’s bracing for the release of his already widely praised first novel, “What Belongs To You” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 208 pp., $23). Set in ...
The Atlantic

Should Literary Journals Charge Writers Just to Read Their Work?

It’s fall, the time of year when literary journals open their doors for new submissions. Around the country, writers are polishing poems, short stories, and essays in hopes of getting published in ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan

‘Brink Literary Journal’ holds contest for hybrid writing

Printed with colorful imagery and compelling literary pieces spanning genres, the Brink Literary Journal in Iowa City offers a creative outlet for both readers and writers. Now, writers have the ...
Wall Street Journal

Could Virgil Write a Good College Essay?

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Mene Ukueberuwa. Image: Jakub Porzycki/Zuma Press High-school seniors are furiously feathering final flourishes ...
Minnesota Daily

The Loft Literary Center offers Indigenous, diverse-focused writing classes for zero cost

The Loft Literary Center offers a series of diverse low-cost creative writing classes and is encouraging more university students to participate. The Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers Class ...
The Conversation

Kylie’s hut: bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon

The Black Summer bushfires may have ended, but the cultural cost has yet to be counted. Thousands of Aboriginal sites were likely destroyed in the 2019 bushfires. But at present, there is no clarity ...